The older I get the more clear it becomes to me.
Life is a series of passages – transitions from one era to the
next.
Some are anticipated with excitement and joy. Others are a dark shadow on the horizon that
we face with dread. Most are something
of a mix between the two.
Today I saw a picture of a friend embracing her son in
front of the car that would take him away to college and away from the life
they’ve shared together so joyfully for 18 years. The very thing we raise our children to do –
FLY. And it’s so painful to Let. Them.
Go. But we know as moms that it’s not
about me and my needs. It’s about
graciously navigating this new passage.
At our daughter’s wedding, I will always cherish watching
my husband dance with his precious daughter, both of them sobbing with the
understanding that it will never be like it was. But this embarking upon the new life brought
us our beloved son-in-law and three incredible grandchildren.
Passages.
Birth.
Illness. Graduations. Marriage.
Parenting. Departures. Careers.
Aging. Dying.
So Many Passages.
And God’s pathway through them all is not easy but is SO
simple. Fix Your Eyes on Jesus!
Because that one last passage; the one in which we are
ushered into eternity, will bring to full fruition every dream, hope and joy
we’ve longed for!
1 Peter 1:8-9
Though you have not seen HIM, you love
HIM; and even though you do not see HIM now, you believe in HIM and are filled
with an inexpressible and glorious joy, for
you are receiving the end result of your faith, the salvation of your souls.
