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IS YOUR BIRTHDAY A MILESTONE OR A MILLSTONE? 5 Reasons to Celebrate Another Year

June 27, 2020 By Sarah Christmyer 2 Comments

I sat on the bed while my Great-Grandma braided her waist-length, snowy white hair and piled it like a crown on her head. She turned to me, twinkling: “Now what does today have in store for us?” Later, as we talked, she turned and patted my knee. “It’s so nice to be with someone my own age!” That’s my last living memory of her. I was 15 and she was 90 years old.

This year I celebrate a milestone birthday, but at times it feels more like a millstone. I’ve been swinging between the two things, both shocked at the toll of years and pleased at the achievement. My mother (like her Grandma!) has always greeted each decade with delight, proclaiming her new age in advance. There’s an age-defying power in that, like the glory of maple leaves that blaze then glow in the fall — or like the grace of winter branches.

Photo by Laura Ockel on Unsplash.

 

So today, let’s celebrate life and the passage of years. Here are five reasons to see age as a milestone, not a millstone (look up the verses in your Bible and meditate on them, or click on the links for a quicker read):

1. You’ve been known and loved from the start!

  • Psalm 139, especially vss. 13-18

2. You were planned with a purpose

  • Isaiah 49:1-6

3. Your Creator will stick with you to the end

  • Isaiah 46:3-4

4. The Lord will renew you and give strength

  • 2 Corinthians 4:16-18
  • Psalm 73:26

5. Age has its benefits!

  • Psalm 90:12
  • Job 12:12
  • Psalm 91:16

Above all, remember this:

“Our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we also await a savior, the Lord Jesus Christ. He will change our lowly body to conform with his glorified body by the power that enables him also to bring all things into subjection to himself.” (Philippians 3:20-21)

May the Lord bless you this year and always!

© 2020 Sarah Christmyer

 

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  1. Ginger Girrens says

    June 27, 2020 at 12:07 pm

    Happy Birthday Sarah!
    May God continue to bless you as you bless others by your sharing & witness of the faith!
    Happiest Year to you!!

  2. Kathleen Fairorth says

    June 27, 2020 at 12:17 pm

    Happy 60th Birthday Sarah!!! Mine is right around the corner (Feb.). Thank you for sharing all of your beautiful words of wisdom. God bless and have a wonderful day. (Thinking of Peter and Paul on Monday). Kathy

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Sarah Christmyer writes and speaks about Scripture and the Catholic faith with the goal of helping people meet Jesus in his Word. “The Bible isn’t just a book about God or instructions for a good life; it’s a place to meet God and be changed by him,” she says. Her love of Scripture fuels her writing of Bible studies and related books; her teaching of Philadelphia seminarians; her speaking at conferences and retreats; and writing for blogs such as this one. “Come Into the Word” draws people into the Bible and encourages and equips them to explore it on their own.

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