My birthday is near enough that I start thinking I may be a year older than I am, but then once my birthday comes, I often add on another year and then I have aged two years in a span of six weeks. For example, I am currently 27. (I just had to use a calculator to double check. #Truth) Right around Christmas, I started thinking I was 28. Then last week, I had a freak out about turning 29 so soon because 30 would only be a year away and I still had so much to accomplish on my 30/30 list. So, in the span of four weeks, I had gone from being 27 to thinking I was turning 29. I hope I'm not the only one this happens to, though I don't expect anybody else to own up to this brand of crazy.
Anyhow, all that to say, part of me feels ashamed that it has taken me until 27 to realize I am living real life. That being said, I would not have traded my mid-twenties for the world. While life was not easy, I had the opportunity to work a job I could only dream of. I had three sweet years with my parents and worked with some of the best kids ever. The sweetest part of the whole gig, though, was knowing I was exactly where God intended me to be. Please don't think I am doubting Thailand in the least, but I had such a sweet and perfect peace about those first three years in North Dakota.
Now, being 25 days into 2016, I have felt some of that sweet peace return. I have a pretty good routine during the week that allows for work and play each day. The new year has certainly brought with it the new start and fresh beginning I dreamed of only a couple of weeks ago. Teaching is going well so far, I'm not too far behind on my grading, coaching is winding down, grad school is picking up, workouts are being done, travels are being planned, and I have a summer for the books ready to go. I have a certain peace and fulfillment about life right now... I'm in a sweet spot so to say. And after the last year I had, I am grateful.
I know Christmas is gone, but these words continue to resonate in my soul:
The thrill of hope, the weary world rejoices.
My soul, my core, my inner being is finally feeling reason to rejoice because my hope is being restored. I am grateful for 2016 so far and pray the year continues to be one of growth and rejoicing. I know not every moment will be sweet, but I pray I will continue to savor the ones that are.
May you be blessed this year as well. Soli deo gloria.
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