From Sharon Jaynes' book "The Power of a Woman's Words"....
You
are going to meet an old lady someday. Down the road, ten, twenty,
thirty years; she’s waiting for you. You will catch up to her. What
kind of old lady are you going to meet?
She
may be a seasoned, soft and gracious lady. A lady who has grown old
gracefully, surrounded by a host of friends – friends who call her
blessed because of what her life has meant to them. She may be a bitter,
disillusioned, dried-up cynical old buzzard, without a good word for
anyone or anything – soured, friendless, alone. The kind of old lady you
will meet will depend entirely upon you.
She
will be exactly what you make of her, nothing more, nothing less. It is
up to you. You will have no one else to credit or blame. Every day, in
every way, you are becoming more and more like that old lady. You are
getting to look more like her, think more like her and talk more like
her. You are becoming her. If you live only in terms of what you are
getting out of life, the old lady gets smaller, drier, harder, crabbier,
more self-centered. Open your life to others. Think in terms of what
you can give and your contribution to life, and the old lady grows
larger, softer, kinder, greater.
These
little things, seemingly so unimportant now – attitudes, goals,
ambitions, desires – are adding up inside where you cannot see them,
crystallizing in your heart and mind. The point is these things don’t
always show up immediately. But they will – sooner than you think. Some
day they will harden into that old lady; nothing will be able to soften
or change them then.
The
time to take care of that old lady is right now, today. Examine your
motives, attitudes, goals. Check up on her. Work her over now while she
is still pliable, still in a formative condition. Then you will be much
more likely to meet a lovely, gracious old lady at the proper time.
Let’s Pray
Father, may the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be pleasing in Your sight today. Help me to be the woman that You created me to be.
In Jesus’ Name, Amen.
Now It’s Your Turn
Go back and look at today’s truth. Which one of the fruits of the Spirit do you need to fertilize with prayer to make it grow in your life?
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