The Seasons of Life

Every day I check to see if any of my friends have posted a blog. I'm often disappointed that there's nothing to read. My friends are probably also checking to see if I've posted anything and alas, they go for weeks without finding anything. It's not for lack of things to write about; I have composed hundreds of blogs in my head over the past months but somehow, they don't get from my head onto the paper. So here we are in Jordan, spending 3 weeks of vacation with our daughter and family. This place holds lots of really good memories; many close friendships were formed during our years of living here. I haven't seen some of these friends in more than 10 years but we took up right where we left off and seemingly lost out on very little, although we now find ourselves Grandmas instead of young moms chasing our little ones around. The seasons of life are something to think about...every one is very unique and requires from me a different kind of "ministry" if you will. My ministry to my young children was in one season of life, ministry to my adult children is on-going and becoming a Grandma, I'm finding, is a whole other season that is full of joy & anticipation. There is also a season we're entering where we're thinking about retirement and how our life will look, just the two of us. Where will we live, what will we do, how can our lives continue to impact people for eternity? I am a person who likes to know what the plan is. I live by my calendar and I like to see lots of activity on that calendar! It is strange to be in a place where the plan is very unclear, in fact non-existent. Right now I know that we will be taking a one-year Home Assignment in May and after that, only God knows and I'm actually OK with that! It's kind of exciting to see where he will take us next.