Today I turn 44. I’m a very sentimental person as it is but maybe more today as I reflect on my past 44 years and in particular the last 27 years of my life. So bear with me. When I was 17 years old I was involved in a drunk driving accident. Fortunately it was a one car accident and I was the only one that was hurt. Unfortunately, I was the drunk. Over the past 27 years I have spent countless hours reflecting on how fortunate I was to have walked away from that car wreck. Hours spent pondering the question why. What did the Lord have in store for me? What was his master plan for my life? Over those 27 years I have come to realize that His Grace can’t be defined by one single moment of my life. I won’t ever cure cancer or help achieve world peace or ever have a building at a university built by my donation. But I have to come to realize what God’s plan was for me or I would at least like to think I have. It’s very simple. He let me live so that I could experience days like today. Getting a hundred or more birthday wishes via FB and realizing I may not be rich financially but when it comes to friends, I am rich beyond measure. Hearing simple words like “happy birthday daddy, I love you”. Getting a good morning kiss and a hug from my wife on my way out the door. Getting a little birthday serenade from the staff at Peafections. Its realizing that no matter how sappy or cliché it sounds, life really is all about the moments that take your breath away. I thank the Lord every day for letting me walk away from that accident. I’d like to think that I have repaid him just a little bit by being a good and faithful servant. But no matter what happens for the remaining years that I have on this earth, I will be forever grateful to him for the last 27 years. Thank you to each of you that have wished me happy birthday. It has made my Tuesday a very special one.
Posted on: Tue, 30 Jul 2013 18:29:57 +0000
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