May 1st na bukas!!! In 31 days, we fly out to the mission field, fully trusting on the goodness of God and completely resting on His grace. May 1st is also my birthday, and I live truly grateful for the 36 years of God's faithfulness over my life! It's still not sinking in that I'm 36... and maybe if I repeat it to myself over and over again that I'm 36, then it'll finally bear witness... that I'm 36! Not 26, not 30... 36! Haha! π I just thank God that I always feel young in Him, stand strong in Him, and live fully confident in Him. I thank Him for my husband, my kids, the people He has surrounded me with and the relationships He has established through the years. I thank Him for the dreams He's planted in my heart before the foundations of the world... dreams that refuse to die... dreams that give me a vision for the glorious future He has prepared for me. I thank Him that He is the One making room for me, giving me preferential treatment because of His Son, Jesus in and with me. I have nothing to show for or boast of, buy His disproportionate favor marks my life beyond my imagination. I thank Him for protecting me from harm and from death even... for being my insurance and defense against the forces of life that have come against me. I thank Him for setting me free from unforgiveness, bitterness, anger, depression, self-pity and shame... for giving me my identity... and for showing me who I really am in Him. I thank Him it's been a decade since cigarette touched my lips... that He has healed me over and over again. I thank Him that He has prepared a very long and satisfying life for me... that all my days I can boast of His love... that forever I belong to Him and He belongs to me. I am not an accident! He planned the day I was born and the day I see Him face to face. I choose His version of my story... His plan over mine... I celebrate You, Jesus! Happy for the greater days ahead! Happy... happy... happy birthday to me! πππ #ohmaimama #36th #gatigulang #gabata πππ
