Adios 20's

"Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these [things] God will bring thee into judgment.Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth [are] vanity." Ecc. 11:9,10 KJV

    I was sitting here pondering on what I could blog about, since I have not done one in several months. Since tomorrow is my birthday and I have sorta been dreading this one for some time I thought I would write a little something on the subject. I always said to myself once I hit 30, its over. If I am still single, might as well stay that way, whatever job I am at I might as well just stay there. Just pretty much wore myself down on the fact that growing old "ain't no fun". So where is a guy with my thinking to turn. Well fortunately I have a God that had a lot to say! Our Sunday School claszs recently started studying the book of Ecclesiastes and boy has it been helpful in my processing this getting older thing!

    While I might not enjoy the idea of getting older, I have many things to look back on and cherish, also I have many thinks ahead of me that I have yet to experience. Only the Lord knows whats ahead. 30s could be the best years of my life. Looking back I did many foolish things in my 20s, things that I am not proud of, but because I accepted Christ's salvation I am forgive of those things. I can look back at those fond memories at college and Thank God He allowed me to experience those. I can look back at the sorrows as well. Losing both grandparents that I grew up with was some of the hardest times I had to go through. All of these things in 10 years. 

    Ecclesiastes 11:7- 12:8 Tells us we can look back and enjoy our youth, but we have to accept that its vanity and we all will age. I guess since I am staring dead at 30, might as well accept it and move on!

I know this was short but I blogged this more for myself than for others. I enjoyed, for the most part, my 20s. I am now beginning to look forward to what the Lord has in store for me these next 10 years! 

Did this rambling accomplish anything....... who knows...