Here it is: It is 8:30am on the 31st of May. I honestly cannot believe that this month is already over. It just strikes me as strange.
I would like to say that I have learned quite a bit over this month; and I have. I have learned about value and love (the brotherly kind), patience and respect. These things am I beginning to understand a little bit. I am not an expert - and never will be, but I take learning with joy (even when they are learnt because of, how do you say, interesting circumstances). This past month has brought many things into my life and many things out. However, to dwell on the past (in any prolonged increment) is unwise.
Let us focus on the future. Tomorrow the month is June - and I’m considering tomorrow to be the day that my life begins…again. That’s the brilliant thing about new days, weeks, months, years - they become new periodically, filling your life up with what seems like endless opportunities to make things good, right, or new. “A new day with no mistakes in it yet.” Jesus Christ has made us free; I firmly believe that to live in freedom is to live without the regrets of the past.
The past makes you who you are. God has ordained so many things to happen in one’s life (because He is sovereign, you know). With those experiences comes the character and knowledge you need to grow - spiritually, physically, emotionally. It is all part of a plan. The Lord uses all to work for the good of those who love Him and to bring Him ultimate glory. It is encouraging to me.
What else is encouraging is knowing that as long as I seek the face of the Lord, I will be provided for and within His will. When one seeks the face of the Lord, His desires suddenly become ours - and we do not need to worry about “finding” God’s will (because it is etched within us).
Etched within me is the will of God if I am serving Him and seeking Him - and I want to do both.
As this month comes up, is here, and is gone - I am going to look to the past, present, and future knowing God’s sovereignty; knowing His will; and knowing that each one will work out for my good and His glory.