The Big 40

So this year, in July, I turn the BIG 40. I am not sure exactly how this has come to pass. Even stranger, how at 40, I have a husband of 3 years and a clingy one year old. This is not how I envisioned my life.

But I have been contemplating 40 lately and contemplating things that I could do over the next year and a half to commemorate my 40th birthday. So the resurgence of this blog is for me as I celebrate, reevaluate and prepare for this next decade of my life. I want to make it a worthwhile decade. A decade dedicated to Christ, to my new family, to others.  Frankly I feel I have so much to dedicate my energy to that I feel spread thin and ineffective in most areas of my life. So I want to learn to say no to the good so that I can say yes to the best.

I am contemplating trying to do 40 challenges. Not sure how I am going to squeeze these in to an already spread thin life.  But maybe by challenging myself to new things, stretching my faith, questioning my values, I will learn something about myself, my faith and my world. I want to challenge myself to put faith into action, to live out my stated values, to live an uncompromising life with grace and love.

So here's to the last half of 39. Here is to another decade. Here's to the grand adventure that is life.