I am feeling more and more tender about the moments in life as I get older. It's sad that when the kids were little, I felt too strung out and worn out to appreciate more of these sweet glimpses of eternity. I am grateful to be awakened to them more and more all of the time. To put aside the things I thought were important in caring for these kids and to take all the time in the world to enjoy them and spend time with them. No matter the inconvience. I see Owen leaving our home in a few very short years to head out on his own. It breaks me to the core, but it also gives me such joy to see this child become a man in so many ways. As I watch the kids grow and mature, I feel those strings tighten more and more. Yet, I also feel this closeness shifting from me caring for them to me carrying them in prayer for a life faithful and true to the Lord. And this is my prayer...
My response is to get down on my knees before the Father, this magnificent Father who parcels out all heaven and earth. I ask Him to strengthen you by His Spirit--not a brute strength but a glorious inner strength--that Christ will live in you as you open the door to take in with all followers of Jesus the extravagant dimensions of Christ's love. Reach out and experience the breadth! Test its length! Plumb the depths! Rise to the heights! Live full lives, full in the fullness of God. God can do anything, you know-far more than you could ever imagine or guess or request in your wildest dreams! He does it not by pushing us around but by working within us, His Spirit deeply and gently within us.
Ephesians 3:14-21(MSG)
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