Tomorrow is my 28th birthday. I have to confess that for a few days last week I was a little down about my birthday. It's not that I think I'm getting old or anything like that. The problem is I had so many hopes and dreams that I had planned to accomplish by this time in my life. I had planned to be married. I figured I would already have my first child, and I would have a home of my own. Yet none of these dreams has been made a reality.
As I began to wallow in self-pity and take on an Eeyore-like personality, I realized that I was looking at my birthday all wrong. Rather than viewing my birthday as a day to look at all my failures, I should see it as a day to celebrate. God has brought me through so much. John 10:10 says, "The thief (Satan) comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly."
As I began to wallow in self-pity and take on an Eeyore-like personality, I realized that I was looking at my birthday all wrong. Rather than viewing my birthday as a day to look at all my failures, I should see it as a day to celebrate. God has brought me through so much. John 10:10 says, "The thief (Satan) comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly."
As I think about the twenty-eight years I have lived, I can distinctly see ways that Satan has tried to destroy me, but because of God's grace, he hasn't. God has delivered me time and time again. And He has used the pain of having a chronic illness to bring healing to my bruised and broken heart. When Satan meant to destroy me with not one but two diseases, God used it to draw me closer to Him. Words can't begin to describe all the ways God has changed and grown me.
So rather than looking at my birthday as a day to mourn all the things that have yet to be fulfilled in my life, I choose to celebrate the day God gave me life. I choose to worship the One who has taught me how to have the abundant life even when it doesn't look anything like what I thought it would. I choose to celebrate the fact that even though I have a broken body I am priceless in God's eyes. And that my friends, is worth celebrating.
"We are assured and know that all things work together and are fitting into a plan for good to and for those who love God and are called according to His design and purpose." ~ Roman 8:28 (Amplified Bible)
(c) March 21, 2012
So rather than looking at my birthday as a day to mourn all the things that have yet to be fulfilled in my life, I choose to celebrate the day God gave me life. I choose to worship the One who has taught me how to have the abundant life even when it doesn't look anything like what I thought it would. I choose to celebrate the fact that even though I have a broken body I am priceless in God's eyes. And that my friends, is worth celebrating.
"We are assured and know that all things work together and are fitting into a plan for good to and for those who love God and are called according to His design and purpose." ~ Roman 8:28 (Amplified Bible)
(c) March 21, 2012
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