Laced With Grace – Christian Devotions

It’s My Birthday!

By Guest Blogger January 28, 2009 Devotion

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I know this is a little strange….my last post’s topic was on birthdays!  I guess the theme is on my mind because my husband and I both have January birthdays.  Today I am 41.  Hmmm…  It’s not as exciting as last year when I turned 4o.  Brian had a big party for me.  Lots of people called and emailed to talk to me.  Friends met me for coffee.  The kids even cleaned the house!  

This is the day the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it!- Psalm 118:24

As I get older, I am beginning to notice all of the things everyone warned me about.  Little jewels like crow’s feet, grey hair, creaky bones, and a spare tire….

So, although I am not so excited about my body getting older, I DO WANT my spirit to mature… I want to grow in my relationship with the Lord.  I want to grow in grace and knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ.

When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child.  When I became a (woman), I put childish ways behind me.  Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face.  Now I know in part;  then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.-1Corinthians 13:11-12

I don’t want to stay the same!  I want God to continue to grow me and change me and mold me.  I don’t want to make the same mistakes year after year, but I want to learn from them and overcome them.  I know God is doing a new thing in me each year.  I don’t want to look over my shoulder, lamenting about the past and the mistakes I’ve made.  Instead, I want to look forward to what God is doing in me and through me TODAY.  This year, I want to take the wisdom God has given me and make the right choices.  I want to put away my “childish” ways, my immature, selfish ways. 

Forgetting what is behind and straining what is ahead, I press on toward the goal…

Thank You, Lord for creating me and blessing me with an incredible life with a wonderful husband and amazing kids.  I am blessed beyond measure!  Thank You, God for birthdays.  I pray that this year I continue to grow and mature.  I do not want to be the same this time next year.  I surrender this year to You.  In Jesus’ Name we pray.  Amen.

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15 thoughts on “It’s My Birthday!”

  1. ~hon~

    HAPPY BIRTHDAY! GOD BLESS YOU ABUNDANTLY! GOD IS ALWAYS WITH YOU – NO MATTER WHAT! P.U.S.H.

    Jeremiah 1:5
    “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you,
    before you were born I set you apart…”

  3. Vikki Wright

    I like your passion to keep growing in the Lord, even as you celebrate another birthday. It’s so important to not get satisfied and complacent. I believe God is just as passionate to draw you closer and closer to Him. Have a fantastic day, and a Spirit-filled year!

  4. Susan

    Happy Birthday Tracy!!!

    Hope your day is as special as YOU are to so many!

    Enjoy. It just gets better and better as we mature in Chirst and in the natural too.

    Enjoy!!!!

  6. Laurie Ann

    Happy Birthday, Tracy. May God bless you on this special day (and always). Lovely thoughts about growing in Christ. Although the physical changes that take place in our bodies are sometimes less than desirable, it’s always desirable to mature in Christ! Beautiful post.

  7. Mary

    Happy Birthday! Yes, all the unfortunate things are easier to accept and tolerate in light of the fact that God also graces us with knowledge, wisdom and understanding as we age.

    Really nice post. Glad I found your blog through Word Filled Wednesday meme:-)

  10. Linda

    Happy Birthday! Praise the Lord for this wonderful day! Isn’t January a great time for a birthday? I celebrated mine 10 days ago. Like you I want to continue to mature in the Lord. May the Lord bless you with many more Birthdays.

  15. Carol Wright

    Your birthday post is a blessing to all – made me rethink the gift of growing “old”.