Saturday, August 13, 2011

Eyes Opened Wide and Mystified






































Well another year has rolled around. Tomorrow is my birthday and I will turn 21. I can hardly believe it! As I get older each year seems to go by faster and faster. There are things I thought I would get done before my next birthday..and that was a whole year ago...and they still aren't done. Ha,ha! But I guess that's just how it goes sometimes. This next year of my life I hope to not put so many things off for a later time. So often I just think.."I should do this or that" and then my response is, "I'll do it sometime soon." I am now getting to the point where I'm tired of being this way. This year I hope to get more things done. I have so many projects I want to work on and create. And so many different things I want to learn. I am going to try to live more in the moment instead of just pushing things aside for later. I am going to try to take the days God has given me and enjoy them with eyes opened WIDE and MYSTIFIED. I pray this year I grow closer to God in every area of my life. I was reading a day or two ago and came across this verse.. "Draw near to God and He will draw near to you.." James 4:8  And in Jeremiah 29:13 "And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart." I pray this year and this day that my eyes will see clearer, my heart be enlarged, my ears be quick to listen, and my spirit willing to obey, and my mind focused on the ways and words of God that they be not soon forgotten.