A LITTLE REFLECTING....

Well summer is closer to the ending than to the beginning.  You won’t hear me say I’m sorry about that.  I love fall season and the cooler, colorful time it brings with it.

Part of today’s sermon scripture was taken from one of my many favorite passages of scripture—Philippians 3: 13, 14 and it goes like this:

“Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended; but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,

I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.”

I do love those Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, and Colossians books of the New Testament.  And I love that scripture—it was yellow in my Bible, meaning I have read it often and marked it as special.   

As I prepare in this present time to “reach forth to those things which are before”, I try to pray for guidance for what “those things before” will mean to me.  I know that life holds a lot of things that cause us pain and discomfort physically, mentally, and emotionally.  Life can dish out some doozies, or so I like to say.  As I age, too, I say I am rarely surprised at anything any more.

Reflecting on the unknown future, I find comfort and confidence that no matter what comes my way, I will have the Lord there with me giving me strength and courage to face it.  The Pastor today talked about how one should grow and if one is 70, they should be more grown spiritually than they were at fifteen.  I know that is the truth and pray that if the Lord will that my 49 year walk with Him continues,  I will continue to grow in his grace, knowledge, and love.   With spiritual age comes wisdom and experience….I look forward to wisdom and experience, don’t you?  I can try to do my part in the process!