Right now I'm sitting in Starbucks, drinking Passion Tea, celebrating my 20th birthday. I'm getting old... Twenty is a big age! I'm no longer a teen, no longer so dependent on my parents, no longer a little girl, though I feel so little. I don't know if I'm ready to claim this age! I guess this is just what if feels like when one gets older.
"I find shelter in the in the shadow of Your wings, O Lord."
I know that I have my shelter in God. Though I feel small in this giant world, I find shelter in the shadow of God's wings.
Have you ever heard what a mom Eagle does to her eaglette's? When they can't yet fly, she pushes them out of the nest as they fall to the jaggedy terrain below. The eaglette starts flapping it's weak wings in effort to fly, but that effort is proven in vain as they continue on the descent. Then, just when it seems like the eaglette is going to hit the rocks, the mom Eagle swoops below her baby. The eaglette falls on her wings and is saved. That baby eagle finds shelter in it's mom's wings.
In the same way, I find shelter in my Father's wings. Everything around me can be unfamiliar- the people, places, smells, sounds, taste's, but my shelter will never leave.
"When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow you, when you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned. Nor shall the flame scorch you. For I am the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior; I gave Egypt for your ransom, Ethiopia and Seba in your place. Since you were precious in My sight, You have been honored, and I have loved you; Therefore I will give men for you, and people for your life. Fear not, for I am with you; I will bring your descendants from the east, and gather you from the west;I will say to the north, 'Give them up!' and to the south, 'Do not keep them back!' Bring My sons from afar and My daughters from the ends of the earth- Everyone who is called by My name, whom I have created for My glory; I have formed him, yes, I have made him."
-Isaiah 43:2-7
He's got me and that is so comforting.
So now what do I do as a 20 year old? Well, today, hopefully within the next five minutes after I'm finished proofreading this entry, I'll apply for a job at this Starbucks I'm sitting in. Then, I'll walk to my house. From there, I haven't a clue what God would have me do but I know it's going to be good.
Today is the first day I'm twenty and after reflecting on my Shelter, it's starting to become not so scary. Though I'm a small girl in a big world, I have a giant Daddy :) and He takes good care of me.
Twenties, here I come.
Turning twenty definitely is a big deal :) Happy belated birthday! I hope you had a wonderful birthday. Reading your entry brought me back to 4 years ago when I turned 20.. it is amazing how much can change in such a short time. I lost my Mom to cancer that year, I met my husband, married, moved to a new state, and now I'm a Mommy! Though everything around me is different now, it is so comforting to know that God is with me and He has not changed, nor will He ever change. Thanks for reminding me that I have an ever present Father, no matter what the circumstance may be.
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