evening

The sky was bursting with color as I drove home from Anita's this evening. As I oohed and ahed over the changes taking place right before my eyes, my mind shifted from the beauty of the sky to thinking "I am in the evening of my life". 

It was a startling, but not unpleasant thought. I enjoy the evening of a day well spent, when you can sit and reflect and appreciate what the day held. And I have been doing a lot of remembering and reflecting lately. 

I don't want to go back to anything past, because what has been has molded and shaped me into who I am, and most of the time I like present day me. One who has learned to be thankful for moments rather than banking on momentous. One who realizes that often less is more. One who has slowly learned to trust and obey God, especially when I don't agree or understand because He has repeatedly proven Himself faithful. Someone who is madly in love with the One who loves her lavishly. 

I don't know what lies around the next corner.

I have no idea of what lies over the next hill.

But I am convinced that God is already working something beautiful there. 

I can't wait to see what it is.