Precisely mid-way through life, I believe you and I start to get negative. Yes, even you. I know I have the tendency, and that I am more prone to it now than I was in my 30's. The longer we live, the more jaded we become, and the more we identify with our mistakes.
The longer we live, the more we feel like we have to make do with what we have - play the cards we have been dealt, and all that stuff.
No more delusions, past 40, right? We see the harvest we've reaped thus far, and not all of it is beautiful and not all of it is good.
I want to challenge you with the idea of an Autumn Planting.
Farmers and gardeners do it all the time. Cold weather crops are some of the best crops you can partake of.
It is never too late to plant new and radically different seeds.
Because you see, while we sigh and try to "make do" with what we have, we serve a God who "makes" and "does" with what He has!
He can take the seeds you offer, here in this season of your life, and give you a winter crop that will knock your socks off and bless you to the very, very end of your days.
He makes all things new. He does all things well.
Stop "making do" with a harvest that is less than you hoped for. Start over with new and different seeds - because your God makes and does. And that is something to be vastly grateful for.
Nothing is impossible with Him!
1 comment:
Oh Sheila! This so resonates with me...for a couple of reasons. One of the biggest is named Eryn!
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