Wednesday, February 08, 2006
Sentimental?
Blogs truly are a great thing. I've been catching up on my blog reading here recently, reading people's comments and looking at pictures, and I've been struck by how quickly time is passing. Of all lessons I've learned over the past months its been that life truly is vapor short, some of ours are longer than others but none are long. This is a lesson that I don't think I'll ever stop learning on this earth as with each new change I'm reminded once again that I'm grown up now. When did it happen? I'm not sure, but you know its happened when you look back on a conversation in which an older person is telling you the probability of a situation panning out a certain way based on their own personal experiences and at the time you are so convinced, with utter certainty, that they are wrong, only years later to realize their words are ringing true. Some lessons take longer to learn than others I guess. I miss the simple childhood life back in NH when church was my life and sin was of little concern. It all seems like yesterday, all part of my vapor that is vanishing quickly. Who knows what lies ahead for all of us but I'm thankful that we can share it, though thousands of miles apart, through our blogs!
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Well, I posted something earlier and I must not have hit the button...lets see if I can capture what I wrote again... (try 2)
Sentimental? I won't go there...OK so maybe I will, I miss the little Nikki, I miss the crazy Nikki in HS, and I miss the college student teaching swimming lessons, and I miss the adult Nikki. I am so glad that we all have this connection on the blogs as well. Some father than others! Growing up can be tough. Learnig adult lessons and wanting to still be a kid. But it happens and it IS too fast, a vapor. I watch as vapors disappear in our house too quickly! Where does the time go? God has used you in so many wonderful ways, and I am so excited to see how He continues to teach you and mold you as a wonderful, caring, Godly adult!
Thanks for being sentimental, and bringing us all down memory lane!
Wow, I guess noone else is sentimental! too bad!
Maturity is a good thing. While it's good to be thankful for how God may have blessed us in the past, it's a wonderful thing to step out into adulthood with a heart that desires to glorify God! You can see Him work in ways you never would have noticed as a child. You can rely on Him more because of the experience of His faithfulness in the past. There is NO way I would ever want to go backwards. My understanding of who God is, is so much stronger from this point in my life than even 5 or 10 years ago. My need to repent and obey is also stronger...and that's a GOOD thing. (painful at times, but good) My heart for those who do not know Him is even MORE sensitive now, because I have seen how sin destroys lives. I can't wait to see where He'll bring me and how He'll use me in the future!
Hey Nikki, Thanks for calling today! I hope that you had a great day at work and had a bunch of wonderful customers!! Talk to you soon!!
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