When we were children we couldn't wait until we were older. Now that we're older we wish that we could be children again or we are looking forward to when we retire. It seems we are always waiting 'til then. I read an email just the other day about how when we are children we are dying to get older and then when we get older we are just dying. In the process we have forgotten to live. Our lives are seldom exactly as we would wish them. Some of us are struggling financially and we think that if we just had more money then we could be happy. Some of us have more than enough money but if our families were just easier to get along with, then we would be happy. Abraham Lincoln said, "Most folks are just as happy as they make up their minds to be."
I want to be closer to the Lord. I have character defects that I wish God would remove. I react in ways that I wish that I didn't. I know that I am a work in progress but I wish God would just hurry up and make me a better person. God will accomplish in me what God wants to but God will do it in God's own time. God just wants me to relax in Him and enjoy today while He's working on my tomorrows. My responsibility is to work on my relationship with Him. His responsibility is to transform me into what He wants me to be. In the meantime I can learn to accept myself as I am today and accept circumstances just they way they are and leave the rest up to God. That doesn't mean that I don't have to cooperate with God, but I can only do what I can do. God will do what only God can do. A good prayer to memorize is the Serenity Prayer. "God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference." Years ago Ray Stevens recorded a song that had some very good advice. It said, "You can't rollerskate in a buffulo herd, but you can be happy if you've a mind to." Amen!
