This has been and will be a week of extremes and contrasts. As
we left the Bahamas on Saturday, the temperature was 75. Landing in
Minneapolis, we came face-to-face with -7!
Quite the change. Our cab driver in the Bahamas mentioned it had been a
little cool. 75 degrees is cool? He could not grasp our description with our
type of cold and the fact we could cut a hole in the ice to fish. He said he
had no plans to travel beyond Miami.
We adjust
throughout our lives from season to season, from age to age, from our first
hellos to our last goodbyes on earth. Each season brings change. Just as the
Byrds sand “Turn, Turn, Turn,” you can read through our life experiences in
Ecclesiastes 3.
This week marks
Gavin’s 7th birthday and my best friend Shelly’s 70th. Shelly
and I toddled around together at age 2 and here we are toddling into our elder
years together. We will celebrate the life of a wonderful woman who died at age
93 on Friday and celebrate a wedding on Saturday. Such reminders of the passage
of time, the contrasts in life and how we continually adapt, acclimate and
accept life as it happens.
Take in the moments
of life right now. Celebrate when you can and mourn when life gets tough. God
understands and will walk beside us, ahead of us and behind us as we live.
Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your
ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, “This is the way. Walk in it.”
Isaiah 30:21
And surely I am with you always, to the very end
of the age. Matthew 28:20b
The Lord will watch over your coming and going,,
both now and forevermore. Psalm 121:8
Whatever the
season, no matter the age, in any circumstance, at all times, Jesus is there.
Lord,
Thank you for the reminders this week of new beginnings, of
earthly goodbyes, of celebrating youth and old age, of friends and family and
new experiences and people. Thank You, too, for the beauty and magnificence of
Your creation.
In Jesus name,
Amen
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