As I face a milestone birthday, I’m so grateful for my health and for being physically, emotionally, and spiritually in a good place, but I stand in the tension of accepting the reality of my human condition.
As I watch my husband, a child, and my sister and a friend battle for their very lives over this past decade I’m a little bit like Mary at the Annunciation not doubting and questioning but asking God “how can this be?”
This awe and wonder can easily be interrupted if I let the bad habits of my “stinking thinking” creep in, especially as I face 60. And everything according to my doctor is on the decline. But my spirit is strong despite my potential physical weakness and my vision recalibrates to that often. I hold the tension between living in the world and all over the world.
My soul is refreshed and restored.
Thank you, Lord, for always restoring what is Yours.
Smitten With Goodness 