I think I'm getting older...faster.
Meagan graduated this year, Logan enters High School, and Landon goes into 6th grade.
At 44, it seems that I'm getting older...faster. I'm beginning to think about things that I might want to do or accomplish before I get very much older. Hopefully, this condition is not fertile grounds for a "mid-life crisis."
I look forward to climbing Mt. Elbert in Colorado in July with Rabbi Reese.
Mt. Elbert is the highest mountain in Colorado (14,433 ft.) and the 2nd highest in the 48 contiguous states. Mount Whitney in California is at 14,494. For me, this isn't a battle against a mountain. It's a battle against myself and against the mundane. There is something to just "seeing how you will do" in tough situations.
(Mt. Massive is near where we will be camping. 12 feet shorter and much harder from all accounts)
I also look forward to the ministry in my 40's and 50's. I have seen pastors/preachers be very effective for the Lord during this phase of their life.
Some experience with some good health can be conducive to fruit bearing in the ministry.
I look forward to assisting my kids in new phases of their life such as college, driving, school sports, etc. I just hope I live up to the title "Great Dad."
I look forward to finishing just one of the many books/novels I have started.
Whatever is accomplished (or not), I need to remember that a person's identity/worth/value is not rooted in nor based on "accomplishment."
I am loved by God just because I exist. Not because of anything I have accomplished.
I can be kind and compassionate to others and likely never make the newspapers as a result. There is great contentment and peace in living a quality life and not trying to live to impress others or to have others recognize and validate everything you do.
Maybe I am getting older...faster. Oh well, with God's help I'll live a quality life for as long as possible, with eternity to look forward to.
There's also something I would like to experience, as i am 47 years of age. before i die, I would like to know a somewhat normal life that most everyone else has known. All I have ever done is pretty much work, and nothing else. The way to cure this is to find a wife, and right now. This is not a joke, by the way. Time is running out fast, and i believe the Lord spoke to me, that you just may be the man who knows of someone that the Lord would use to bring us together, to bring glory and honor to His name. i look forward to hearing from you brother. God Bless.
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