2008
We have to get used to using '2008'.
As I am having my quiet time this morning, (I woke up at 6:00am) I read about "Leaving a legacy".
Ted and I were saying to each other yesterday, the Lord granted us another year-end to celebrate. We don't know what this year will bring as far as our health is concerned. I am going to have all my cancer tests done in the next month. But ONE thing is for sure I am certainly NOT afraid to die. I do not like pain though, hahaha! I am a real baby. Yet when the time comes I guess we receive the grace from God.
So if we are not afraid to die, why are we so happy to celebrate another year?
I am now speaking for myself. I want to be here for my husband in the first place. Then I want to be here for my children. I lost my Mom at a young age and that is no fun.
I want to be here for my grandchildren. I want them to know me. With me it is: "What you see is what you get, and you get what you see!"
Yesterday Jason said: "With her around who needs alcohol!"
I love to have fun and am able to laugh about my own silly Dutch/English mixed up remarks!
But.... what I want most of all, I want to leave a legacy. I want my children and grand children to remember that I have a "personal relationship" with Jesus Christ. No I don't have religion, that is not good enough. I want to live what I preach, do I make a mistake there is no problem saying: "Hey, I am sorry!" Jesus is my hero, He is the One I look up to. He sets me free from all bitterness, He sets me free, period. I take what He said 2000 years ago very serious.
So as we enter the new year, I want to say: " Thank you Lord for allowing me another year, therefore another chance to have my grandchildren from the oldest to the youngest, know me a little better. That they might know they have an Oma who loves them and who loves the Lord. They are my highest priority, (beside my husband and I better add this!)
Anneka 7
Hudson 6 soon to be 7
Samantha 6
Evan 5
Aila 4
Eliana 1-1/2
and Alyssa 1 (They are all about nine months apart.)
Oma loves you!
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