Shine Again: Firsts

Thursday, August 12, 2010

Firsts

There are very few things changes in life that can be written on a calendar. Most of the time, change happens because new circumstances arise or things naturally shift a different direction. Sometimes change is so subtle that you don't even recognize it until much later.

But there are other moments in life that you can see coming from a mile away. You plan for it. You wait for it. You imagine what it will be like. You question if you're really ready. It a day that will stay in your mind forever as the day that....

A stepping stone
A fork in the road
A pivotal moment
A defining act

The day you were born
The day you moved away from home
The day you started you new job
The day you married

The day you first went to school...

4 comments:

Jenny B said...: *sigh*
It is hard to believe how fast Hannah is growing up. I hope this is a great year for her! Can't wait to be home and have a late-night chat with her about what it is like :); August 12, 2010 at 2:14 PM
Heather L. said...: I was thinking of you guys today! Hope all went well!; August 12, 2010 at 3:52 PM
Andrea said...: Awwww - the photo of him holding her leg makes ME want to cry! I'm such a sap - cried for days when we sent Jason to school for 3rd grade and danced for joy when we brought him home again this year. I hope I can do as well as you if and when God sends us this direction. She will do well, no doubt!!; August 16, 2010 at 8:07 PM
Shannon B. said...: Is she in high school now? Is she going to public or private? How is it going so far? I love the pictures :-); September 23, 2010 at 12:38 AM

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"...continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling for it is God who works in you to will and to act according to his good purpose. Do everything without complain- ing or arguing, so that you may become blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and depraved generation, in which you shine like stars in the universe as you hold out the word of life—in order that I may boast on the day of Christ that I did not run or labor for nothing...." Philippians 2:12b-16

I often want to be the one to do big things for God. This verse reminds me that it is in doing the small things well and without complaining that I can be most useful to Him. So when I'm taking care of the sick and sweeping up the floor again and just got sauce on my only white shirt and somehow managed to drop a box of crayons down the dryer vent and my friend is hurting and my child is frustrated with school and I really don't feel like I can answer one more question.... I remember that this is my time to SHINE AGAIN.