It’s November, which means it’s the best month to have a birthday. Any other November babies out there agree? π
I’ll admit I hated turning 40. Thirty didn’t seem so bad (I was also too busy and hormonal being pregnant with my first munchkin at the time to care), but 40 just sounded old. (No offense to anyone over 40!). Now, 2 years later though, 40 doesn’t seem so bad. To be honest, 50 doesn’t seem as scary as it used to be either. The thing is, I’ve finally gotten okay with aging. Not so much with the white hair, wrinkles, and memory loss(!), but other than that, I don’t mind adding another candle to the birthday cake. Because the reality is, aging is a blessing and a privilege. To be able to experience one more year of life is HUGE. It means I get to spend time with the people I love and I get to do a lot of amazing things that I love. It doesn’t mean that each day is perfect or even “new” (’cause dishes, cooking, and laundry get old real quick, let me tell ya!), but over the course of days, weeks, and months, I get better. Better at trying, better at loving, and better at living. My physical body may be sagging and lagging, but my heart feels lighter and stronger and fuller. I’m reminded of these verses:
Therefore we do not lose heart.Β Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardlyΒ we are being renewedΒ day by day.Β For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.Β So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen,Β since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. (2 Corinthians 4:16-18)
Yup. Age is just a number. Peace, joy, and love are timeless.Β In Jesus, we have the hope of eternal life. There’s so much to look forward to that outweighs all the human stuff that bogs us down today.
I hope you’ll celebrate each moment you have and each breath you are given. I know I will be as I blow out all 42 candles on my birthday cake (haha, just kidding; I think that might be a fire hazard!).
Here’s a video I’ve been grooving to (does using the word groove show my age? LOL), Kurt Hugo Schneider’s Evolution of Boy Band’s Mashup. It’s fun to see how many songs you know, which may or may not have something to do with your age. π
How do you feel about growing older?
Love this post. Aging in many ways means I got blessed with more time with my loved ones.
Now my kids growing older is still OMG what happened?! π
Haha, yes, I feel the same about my kids too! How did they get so tall?! π