Looking back over my life, I think of all the places that I have been. The life experiences that made me who I am.
I’ve lived overseas. I’ve lived in 8 different states. I had the blessing of traveling Europe and touring for 25 days. I’ve been to Mexico. I’ve been to Israel. I’ve been to Africa. When I think of all the places that I have been, no wonder I like to travel.
I was talking to God the other day, and I was reminiscing about how I have been blessed. God has given me the things that I wanted most in my life.
Marriage was high on my list of priorities, along with childbearing. I have been married for over 40 years and have children and grandchildren. God had a plan for me and blessed me well.
God gave me a job working in the medical field which I loved very much. God blessed me so much through that career.
God gave me opportunity to work in a church where I had opportunity to help people, to share the gospel with people, and make lasting friendships. What a blessing that was. God is amazing.
In all that he has given me, the one thing that I know for sure, is that, if not for God, I wouldn’t be as happy as I am.
The one consistent thing that I noticed as I was reminiscing, was God, the creator of all that I experienced. He is the one who sent me to all those places. He’s the one that put the gift, the desire to travel in my soul. He is the one that gave me all that I needed. He is the one who was the center of all I experienced.
What I have learned, if nothing else in my life, is that I have been blessed. Jesus is the center of my life. Jesus is the love of my life. Jesus is the very soul of my life. Jesus lives in me and so each day, I want to pick up my cross and follow Him. I want to bring Him glory every day. I want to surrender to His will; walk in His way; clinging to His truth every day. He is the center of my life. And the best is still yet to come when I stand before my Creator in awe!!!
To God be the glory, Amen.
O taste and see that the Lord is good; How blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him!
Psalms 34:8 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.34.8.NASB1995
O Lord of hosts, How blessed is the man who trusts in You!
Psalms 84:12 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.84.12.NASB1995
For I know the plans that I have for you,’ declares the Lord, ‘plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope.
Jeremiah 29:11 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/jer.29.11.NASB1995
For no man can lay a foundation other than the one which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
1 Corinthians 3:11 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/1co.3.11.NASB1995
For the Lord God is a sun and shield; The Lord gives grace and glory; No good thing does He withhold from those who walk uprightly.
Psalms 84:11 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.84.11.NASB1995
Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross and follow Me.
Matthew 16:24 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/mat.16.24.NASB1995
Also in Mark 8:34 and Luke 9:23
Jesus *said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.
John 14:6 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/jhn.14.6.NASB1995
Oh give thanks to the Lord, for He is good, For His lovingkindness is everlasting.
Psalms 107:1 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.107.1.NASB1995
🌹For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be the glory forever. Amen.
Romans 11:36 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/rom.11.36.NASB1995
Continually Seeking Him,
Continually Seeking Him 