If you are reading this post, then you have a heart that is beating! You and I are alive, and in one of three places. We have either just entered into a new God assignment, are somewhere in the middle of an already revealed assignment, or we are awaiting new orders. We are not just occupying space, but we are here for a purpose that must still play out.
As I turn older with each passing year I am encouraged by what I feel is still ahead of me. I know that there are many years that are behind me, but I seldom focus on those days. I see pictures of myself when I was newly married, when I was with my two young children, with those same daughters on their wedding days, and my husband and I as recent as yesterday. All of these pictures reveal different stages of my life from my 20’s to my 60’s. Five decades that I can follow as a timeline with just pictures.
I have never assumed that there would be a day that I would not bring value, have a word of encouragement to speak to another who needs to feel love coming off of me, or that I would take a position on a shelf. If my heart is beating I will have a seat at the table! For as my heart continues to beat on, then I will be assured that my timeline will continue.
What I expect to see in the decades to come is beauty that has been birthed from the ashes. The ashes of those things that the enemy meant for bad in my life, but that God used for good. He used them for good, and they became a bedrock of my testimony. This is a testimony that continues to be added to with each breath that I take.
I am not fading away, but getting more brilliant with each day, as I declare that His mercies are new every morning for me. Hallelujah!
1 Peter 1:3-4 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade. This inheritance is kept in heaven for you.