As you may or may not know, I began dating and marrying at a very young age, this man, my late husband, would pass in his early 50's. We were ten years apart and the age gap may or may not surprise you, but this was the course that was charted out for me at the time..... and I went with the flow.

All throughout my life, I knew I was made for more even though I seem to be living a fairly "ordinary" life....... I have felt a pushing, an urging for a greater purpose. Maybe you can relate.

As I took up what felt to be the vision others had for my life, a part of me felt lost...... navigating waters I was unfamiliar with and miserable at times, trying to be "happy." I wanted to fit into the typical mold of a Mennonite, "faith based" woman, wife, and mother, but this was not my calling.......... and I was very misunderstood.

Tradition was not the vision for my life...... nor was it heaven sent.......

Now, even though I went with this flow, and feeling tossed to and fro over many years, good came out of the waves of change. Even though there were countless attempts to weigh me down with despair, depression, death, and fears of all kinds, HOPE was "the anchor for my soul." Being firmly fastened to it enabled me to seek and see a vision for my life beyond the "death" witnessed....... and into a new life. The Book of Hebrews 6

It can be very trying to hold onto who YOU see yourself becoming when others cannot catch the same vision; their picture is limited. Perhaps they are not meant to see it; it is "for your eyes only." The Lord deposits in our hearts, "eternity", and in the proper time and season, we see a beautiful vision unfold....... beyond the veil.

"He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end......." Book of Ecclesiastes 3

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