PARABLE:  MIDDLE AGE

I am overcoming what I guess is mid age crisis, although I am not sure what that really is.  For me it means looking forward to living in an uncooperative body.  It seems to have hit me all at once from many different angles and I have even wondered if I have finished my calling as a scribe.  He is reassuring me that is not so, He is not done with me yet.  Today I received a Word from a friend.

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Today a friend prayed for me and was impressed that an angel was taking a pen and started writing in the middle of the book.  I knew it represented my facing middle life crisis in my body and suffering burn out.  I have been praying every day for months that I do not want to quit writing.  But I am not going to write out of skill or expectation from people.  I only want to write directly out of inspiration and/or hearing from the Lord.  I have felt I was in serious crisis and not able to pick myself up.  However I have spent a wonderful season of rest in writing, and taking time out to do special things to restore my soul.  Like for instance we just got back from a wonderful trip to the ocean.
 

WONDERFUL PARABLE:  When I typed the above, in highlighting “Word from friend” to make it CAPS, I accidentally pushed justify.  As it strrrrrrrrrrrreeeeeeeeeetched across the page, 2 things came to me.  It is strongly quickened to me that the Lord has given me a visual parable that I have not completed my second half yet.  Secondly, He is wanting me to stretch forward to the second half of my life and not stay stuck in the same place I am today, but strive to make my life better in places where I can make better choices.  What I plant today becomes a harvest tomorrow.  The kinds of seeds are my choice.

WORD TO PONDER:  MID AGE CRISIS?  GUESS AGAIN  10/02/07

Yes I see those gray hairs sprouting.  And yes I see those joints stiffen.  But that does not mean I AM done with you.  Loved one, I AM taking those with gray hair and removing them OFF the shelf and into service.  So why would I put you on the shelf?  Stretch past your mindsets that gravity is taking your life downhill.  Stretch your smile muscles UP as you remember that - on purpose, I saved the best wine til last!

John 2:10 NKJV

And he said to him, "Every man at the beginning sets out the good wine , and when the guests have well drunk, then the inferior. You have kept the good wine until now!"

CONFIRMATION: WOW THAT WAS FAST!
The Lord sure knows how to love us. I just finished posting the above to the forum and then downloaded my emails. Here is what came in!

"i stay in Nigeria our testimony thank you for this opportunity to write you i have needed help in retelling what i have seen and heard for some time but this morning i woke up with this quickening that he is closer today than he was last week and many people do not know it many hope to walk with him when they are old and gray but i just felt it so strong that they may never get old and gray i am 19 so you know that i understand what i am talking about God bless you and i hope you feel it too."

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