Happy Birthday to Me!

Happy Birthday to me, yesterday!
I made it to 41 years old!

I'm reminded of the old saying,
" If I had known I was going to live this long,
I would have taken better care of myself!"

I'm sitting here at our local coffee house, Dixie's Roasting Company,
have my morning cup and thinking about 41.
I know if you are 61, 41 is nothing.
If you are 21, 41 is ancient!
If you are 41, for me anyway, it just feels like another day.

I haven't really gotten hung up on any age number this one included.
I still feel like a kid some days and I feel that age is nothing but a state of mind.
Except some muscles and bones hurt that used to not, but thats ok.
It just lets me know that I'm still alive!

Another saying I've heard and used before is
"Every day above ground is a good day!"

I'm thankful for the wonderful wife that God gave me almost 3 years ago.
I'm thankful for my beautiful baby girl.
I'm thankful that I'm able to do a job that I love to do.
I'm thankful that that job has taken me around the world.

I'm thankful that God has protected me in my past.
I can point at about 4 different times in my life when
I should have died, but I know that a momma's prayers
kept me safe.

The verse comes to mind,

"Train up a child in the way he should go,

and he will not depart from it."

The general thinking on that scripture has always been that

if you raise a child up in church that he will always be there.

I have found out in my life, that that is not the case,

but that if you were raised to know God and have a

personal relationship with Him, then even though you

may stray and walk down some crooked paths you will always

"know" the right way and will never be able to

get away from what you know is the right thing to do.

Now to explain the picture above. I went for an eye appointment and

I found out what I already knew, I've got to get bi-focals!

So, happy birthday to me!

Have a great day! I'm going to have one myself!