Just One More Week

I can remember when I was a little girl and we were waiting for something big, or something that seemed big, to happen. We would count down the weeks and when we got to that final week of waiting, we knew we were in the home stretch. As I grew older, that phrase has applied to so many things...just one more week until I graduate, just one more week until I get married, just one more week before the baby is due (times 3!). Then it became...just one more week until we go to DisneyWorld, just one more week before they are teenagers, just one more week...so many things. Well, now it is just one more week for Emily before she graduates from ACU. (Last year, we were anticipating Christine's graduation, and well, what a difference a year has made in her life!!! ) Emily has accomplished so much in her life, so quietly. She has always had a humble spirit and probably the strongest work ethic of anyone I have ever known. She is wondering about her future now, as are we. I just came back from picking up a load of her things in Abilene and all the way home, she was on my mind. I began to think about a scripture I have been studying in James where it talks about worrying about tomorrow (something I have spent entirely too much time doing recently!) and in James 4:15, the writer says, "If it is the Lord's will, we will live and do this or that." Emily is one of those people who lives her life by that scripture. She knows and is assured of the promises and plans God has for her life. How wonderful to be able to fully trust in the Lord's plans for life at such a young age. It seems strange that, as a mother, I so often look to my children for examples. I am just thankful that I am blessed to be able to do that! May your day be blessed!