Uncharted Territory

Hello!  Why am I awake?  I am not a night owl!  I am a morning person.  Not a 1:30 a.m. morning person. A sunrise, 'hello world', morning person.

Of late, my sleep patterns are not to my liking.  But rather than toss and turn I decided to get up and do some writing and reflecting.  No noise, no interruptions, just quiet silence.

It has been almost 3 months since my last blog post.  3 months, but in that time frame my life has sifted quickly and the count down to major life changes has accelerated!  For most of my life, now 67 years, change has been something I thrived upon.  Sometimes the change could be major but even a simple recipe adjustments to 'shake' up a traditional dish would enter my world.  Status quo did not seem to suit me.  Adventure and change were always before me.

This shared,  I have come to realize that I embrace change if, I 'feel' that I have control over those changes.  2017, changes were thrust upon me and 'control' or perceived control was taken from me.  I have not embraced these changes easily.  My faith was weak.  Unfounded fears popped up.  A whirlpool of emotions gripped unlike anything I have experienced.  I was caught off guard and shaken by these emotions! 

As the calendar pages turn and father time moves quickly for me,  I am about embark on a life chapter that is unscripted by me, but the Lord has His finger prints all over it. (He always has!)

I marvel at  simple 'choices' I thought I had made a couple years back and realize now (again) that God was the 'choice' maker. He was setting a course of what was to 'be' in my life and Don's life.  It is wild and mind boggling but exciting to know that He has 'me' covered for what is to come.

I will unpack and pack, in the months ahead 'a lot'.  I am about to chart a course that does not have 'path' known to me.  I do not know how many days I have left on this earth, no one does.  I do know that I long to make them count. I do know that at 67 I have fewer days ahead on this earth than I have behind me.   I also know that my creator, has the path laid out.  I know my life is in for some new 'flavors'.  My prayer is that I will end well and honor the Lord with what is to come.

Variety is the very spice of life that gives it flavor." Wm Cowper