40

40 years is a long time. Just ask the children of Israel. This weekend marks the 40 year milestone since my high school graduation and in many ways my journey has been much like that of the Hebrews - knowing where I was going but just wandering around trying to get there. God led in miraculous ways - sometimes I followed, other times I ignored His direction. He provided manna - sometimes I was very thankful for my daily bread and sometimes I was grumbling because I had no meat. But through it all my God has been so faithful - picking me up when I fell, guiding me through the consequences of my sin - giving me more chances than I deserve to become someone after His own heart. I am thankful for all the ups in the last 40 and confident that all the ashes of where I crashed and burned can be made beautiful by Him. For in Him lies my past - my present - and my future. My days and years are numbered. But this I know - that day by day for as many as I have remaining - I will follow my Lord into the Promised Land. Won't you join me?

5/14/2014