Sunset at Offats Bayou, Galveston, TX
I turned 40 in August. It wasn't as traumatic as I thought it would be. Maybe it was because I was actually looking forward to making my 40's better than my crazy 30's. A new decade, a new promise, a new hope.
Birthday plans fell apart at the last minute, but sometimes that makes for the best kind of birthday. My husband and I enjoyed a kid-free night doing things we don't normally get to do. He got me an amazing camera for my birthday, so we drove down to Galveston to play with it.
This sunset is one of the first pictures I took there. It reminds me of God's goodness. It also made me think of being middle aged and the sunset in years. While I'm not old or at the end of my years, it seems so much more real to me that time has flown by. That my first 40 years were a whirlwind, even when it seemed time was dragging by in that 11th grade Algebra class.
I look back and see God's faithfulness. His love and mercy on me. I look forward and hope for many more years serving Him here. Watching my children grow into men of God, men of character. Watching my hands wrinkle alongside my husband who has faithfully loved me when I've least deserved it.
This sunset burns bright over the water. I want to burn bright in the second half of my life. Brighter than the noonday sun. Lord, may you bright in me.
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