Back To The Future

Hang on! Wait just a minute!

Is it time already?

The time to let go of 2012 is at hand.

Remember Back To The Future in 1985 when 2012 seemed so far away?

 

Where were you in
1985?
It kind of makes me chuckle. I can see my long, spiral-permed big hair, leggings, big shoulder pad sweaters....my little daughter and I had matching outfits - pink, teal and yellow sweaters (hers didn't have the shoulder pads), yellow leggings, and pink high-top tennis shoes.
No laughing here - we were cool.

I lived in Walsenburg Colorado, had three small children (one born in Februray.) The Sangre De Cristo Mountains were beyond my front door, and our drinking water came from La Veta Pass.

I was young then, and naive.

2012
I live in a rural community on the Colorado plains...no mountains in view.
My five children are grown up now. My youngest just graduated from college.
I'm married to a rancher...we have fresh well water to drink at the ranch.

I'm not as naive as I was in '85...well in some ways I'm not.
It's hard to imagine that it's been twenty-seven years.

I'd like to go back to 1985 and visit that young girl, enlighten her a little, change some things, like Marty McFly did in Back To The Future,  but then again - I guess I had to go through the stuff I went through to get where I am now.

Looking back, there have been
tears, and laughter,
joy and sorrow,
endings and new beginnings,
valleys and mountaintops,
celebrations, and solemnity.
It is the way of life.

At a time when there is so much changing in our world,
there is One who changes not.
I made a list while I was thinking about the past twenty-seven years of my life.

This is what I came up with....
~No matter how dark things get, God is deeper still (Corrie TenBoom said that.)
~God loves me unconditionally - even when I don't think I deserve it
~God is truly Jerhovah Jireh, my provider
~He makes a way where there doesn't seem to be a way
~God never fails, and is always right on time
~He takes care of His children, always
~God's grace is as big as we need it to be when we need it to be
~God is still in the healing business
~God takes broken people/hearts and makes them new
~God is the same, yesterday, today, and tomorrow (important)
~He can be trusted

At the end of every year I am thankful for the opportunity to welcome in a new year.
Another chance to begin again,
to embrace life,
to dream and follow those dreams.

In this new year, may His peace fill our hearts, and minds in accordance to His Word - no matter what goes on around us.

I like what Eccliastes 3:1-15 says. It is one of my favorite songs
by The Byrds.
To everything there is a season.

Ok, back to the future -

 

 

 

 

 

May 2013 be a blessed year! 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 “I have given Him my faith, and sworn my allegiance to Him; how, then, can I go back from this, and not be hanged as a traitor?” (The Pilgrim's Progress) 

The Arrival

Today is the first Sunday of Advent.
Advent meaning the arrival of something important or awaited.
The four Sundays before Christmas.
Waiting for Jesus.

I remember when I was younger ~

There was a huge wreath that hung in the middle of church, with four candles. One was lit the first Sunday of Advent. Another was lit every Sunday, until all four were lit.
In my heart there was silent celebration as I anticipated every lit candle.
One more candle closer to Christmas!
One more day closer to the celebration of Jesus' birth!

Today I read

Isaiah 9:6

New International Version (NIV)

⁶ For to us a child is born,
to us a son is given,
and the government will be on his shoulders.
And he will be called
Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace

In this season we are
waiting for that same Jesus.
The One called, Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty, God!
Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace!
He came as a baby, and will come again in splendor and glory.
It is good to remember how Jesus came - as a baby in  a manger, and that He will come again.
But today, right now, He is with us.
He wants to be  Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Father, Prince of Peace in our
lives.

He meets us right where we are.
Whether we are filled with laughter or tears during this season,
He desires to be our Lord, to be with us.

Advent.
Arrival of something important.
Jesus arrives in our hearts when we turn to Him and invite Him in to be our Savior, our Lord.
We don't have to wait. We can do it wherever we are.

This one thing I know.
He is faithful.
Whether we are on the mountaintop or going through a valley -
He is there for us.
The arrival of His peace is ours if we ask for it.
He will be our Counselor if we turn to Him for wisdom
He will be Mighty in our midst if we trust in Him.
His peace is ours if we rely on Him.
He will be our loving Father of comfort and encouragement, of blessing, and assurance.


Father, I thank you for the arrival of Your Son in the world over two thousand years ago. I thank You that Jesus came to give us life, and save us from our sins. I thank You that He is coming again.
Today I thank You that as I wait in Your presence, Your peace and assurance fill my heart, and soul.
Your joy, and love permeate my being as I anticipate the arrival of the people You send into my daily life.
Oh, that I would share Your light, and love to those around me this Christmas season.
In Jesus name.
Amen.


Anticipate the arrival.