Beautiful Day!

Some days are more difficult than others as I walk this life as a Christian. This weekend has been a reflective one for me, perhaps as I am on the threshold of celebrating my 30th year of life. I am truly excited for this milestone, and though I thought that I would have more checked off my bucket list by now, the last 29 years have been pretty good, and flown by.

Today, the sun is shining and people are outside. Sadly it is not quite warm enough to spend the day in the pool, as I would have liked to do. But it is a beautiful day none the less. I was blessed to be able to get away from "normal," and escape to my favorite little park, where I get to hide from the world and talk to God. And yell or cry or say whatever I need to get out. And I did. And God and I talked about me turning 30, and he told me all those things I am still waiting on are coming. And peace fills my spirit.

Today, one of my favorite pastors preached on Lamentations 3:17-26. It is great to be reminder to wait on the Lord!

"I have been deprived of peace; I have forgotten what prosperity is. So I say, “My splendor is gone and all that I had hoped from the Lord.” I remember my affliction and my wandering, the bitterness and the gall. I well remember them, and my soul is downcast within me. Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope: Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. I say to myself, “The Lord is my portion; therefore I will wait for him.” The Lord is good to those whose hope is in him, to the one who seeks him; it is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord."