It may just be me, but it seems the older I get, the more emotional I have become. Even admitting this shows how I have changed over the years. I cry at weddings, funerals, baby births, and often at the announcement of these events! Even some Hallmark movies make me tear up, even though I know the plot line of every single one of them.
My youngest grand-baby wasn’t even walking when I saw her a few months ago and today my daughter sent me a video of her dancing! Yep… made my eyes water. My grandchildren wreck me all the time. I believe I have come to the point in my life that I take nothing and no one for granted. I want to enjoy each and every moment of life to the fullest and experience the joys of my children and grandchildren, my friends and family, and be with them through good times and bad.
I used to sit in church and be quiet and almost emotionless, but now I can’t contain how I feel about God and his Word. I love to give him praise for all that he has done and what he means to me. I want to express my love for him and give him praise and thanks for his abundant mercy and grace that he continually extends to his undeserving children. I’m not embarrassed by this emotional me. I think it just comes with old(er) age!
Psalms 100:4 (NLT) - “Enter his gates with thanksgiving; go into his courts with praise. Give thanks to him and praise his name.”