I have now been walking upon this Earth for a period of 60 years. As one of the original "Babyboomers" this doesn't seem possible as I still see myself running about as an active teenager.
I grew up in a non-Christian home, the youngest of two children. I know from having talked to my mother prior to her death that her mother was a Christian -- she died when I was only 6 months old. Somehow, though, I think God blessed me through her because from the time I was just a little girl clear until I reached my teen years, God was someone I was very close too -- often singing songs to him when I swung on my swingset, and talking to him in the still of the night. It was really strange. And yet I hadn't even really been introduced to Him yet!
When I was 15, a friend at school invited me to a weekend Youth for Christ camp just before Thanksgiving. I didn't care for some of the adults trying to "counsel" me but I did enjoy the Bible studies and the preaching -- enough to where I finally asked some questions and responded to one of their altar calls.
Things moved very quickly after that and I think my parents were distressed that every weekend I was busy with Youth for Christ activities, but I had never been happier in my life.
Many years have passed since then -- but I have lots of memories of fun retreats as a teenager, singing duets in church in my 20's along with playing the organ, experiencing the greatest joy of my life when God gave me my only son in my early 30's, many foster children in my 40's, the gift of writing and being published in my 50's -- and now that I've reached 60? I just don't know but I'm still that little girl in the crevices of my heart and I know I'll be clinging to him throughout every heartache and joy until I finally see Him face to face.
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