I now have one of these in my house...yep, no getting around it now. I have a mug that says "30" on it. This was sent from Joe & Melanie. THANK YOU JOE & MEL! (Joe is like Dusty's brother...they grew up together and are best friends.)As I get ready to say good bye to my 20s I would like to recap just some of what the 20s represent for me...
~We got married in my 20s
~We bought our first tiny condo in California in my 20s
~I made lasting, true friends of a lifetime in my 20s
~We moved from California to Idaho in my 20s
~We built a house on land in my 20s
~We started our more natural lifestyle in my 20s
~Learned how to garden, raise chickens, cows, harvest, perserve food etc.
~Learned and are still learning how to rely on God, how to look to Him for everything and how to have peace that passes all understanding.
~I learned so much in my 20s that it's hard to imagine learning more in my 30s
Believe me, my 20s weren't all good, we definitely had our rough moments...
~Finding out I had skin cancer and undergoing surgery (awake because they couldn't put me under while I was pregnant & didn't feel we could wait until the baby was born)
~Finding out 3 of us had Lyme Disease & the intense treatment.
~Death of my Grandpa & Dusty's Grandpa
~Dusty being unemployed for 1.5 months when we moved to Idaho.
~Unexpected pregnancies (blessings now but a little rough in the beginning, for me, not Dusty, he's always been very excited)
~My brother serving in Iraq
~Dusty attending a live-in "school" for 10 weeks while I'm at home with all the little ones.
~Finding out my Mom had breast cancer.
With this time of reflection does come with the thoughts of all the things I didn't do and the goals and hopes for the future. I'll spare you the "coulda, shoulda, woulda" partly for your sake but mostly for mine...GOOD BYE 20s and WELCOME 30s
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Leia,
Just wanted to encourage you with a verse I thought of when I was reading your blog:
"Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus." Philippians 3:13-14
Think of everything you have gone through in your 20's, good and bad. God will use all of that as a foundation....a jumping off place to launch you into the next phase of this awesome journey He has called each of us to...the incredible opportunity to become more like Christ. Press on toward that goal and don't worry what's in the past.
I think you are doing great! Press on, dear friend, press on!
Pressing on in Christ,
tulipkids
P.S. Happy Birthday!!! :-)
HI Leia :)
I love what tulip said above...Press on!
As one who just entered my 30's a couple months ago, I must say it hasn't been that bad.
In my 20's I did a world of growing up. God changed me so much, I am hardly recognizable as the person I was 10 years ago. I am excited to see what he can do in the next 10 years.
I am excited for you too! This is a beautiful time in your life...I pray you take hold of every day and live joyfully!!
Blessings, Happy Birthday and we'll see ya on Sunday!!
Tulip~
Thank you for sharing and caring enough to share your found words encouragment. That was helpful!
~Leia
Tara~
Thank you! See ya on Sunday!
well, true confessions are good. I quietly turned 35 this week and felt grief that it was somehow a milestone - half way to 70 which use to be the typical life expectancy.
I am hoping and intending to live to 100 years so I look at it as thought I am still just beginning.
I also look back and am so glad to be at this stage of maturity, humility, more depth, and hopefully more tenderhearted. I am glad to have progressed in life and really don't want to go back.
I definitly relate to the shoulda, woulda, couldas but tulipkids is so right, scripture exhorts us to press forward.
I can also now be more grateful for the heartackes that have turned into beautiful gifts of understaning and healing in unexpected ways.
It has been a very interesting week and turning 35 has been feeling lonely. So I am happy to press forward and past this week!
Happy Birthday!!!
JMB I didn't know it was your birthday this week! Happy Belated 35th Birthday!! I'm so wonderfully blessed to have such good Godly friends, thank you for you pearls of wisdom!
Leia,
i'm in the smae boat...holy cow! thirty? i know other people are older but wow, that means i'm really a "grown up". i've heard 30 is the new 20 so lets go for it~
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