Here I am, a stay-at-home mom in my 50’s, never had a career or even a long-term job. My youngest will be off to college soon and I see choices—travel, work, volunteer, write, wait for grandchildren. It is now, when my life is halfway through, that my eyes are opened. I want my life to be about God.
Yes, my life is at least halfway through, I do have a centenarian or two in my family, but I don’t believe it’s halfway lived. I’ve come this far with a lot of confusion and doubt. I have been preoccupied with myself but now I have become preoccupied with Jesus. Some live a lifetime trying to create their own splash. I simply want to echo the ripples from the splash God has made and continues to make in my life.
Only God’s work is lasting. Only God’s word is true. Only God’s hand creates true masterpieces. Only God’s power creates waves that sculpt landscapes and oceans. All the rest goes out to sea and disappears into the simple molecules from which it rose. Whatever it is that God has for me to do and be, it will be to His everlasting glory. Why strive to make fleeting ripples when God’s ripples can move mountains?
For from him and through him and for him are all things. To him be the glory forever! Amen. Romans 11:36
Meeting God at the Park 