Young vs Old; Change Can Happen

This weekend I have enjoyed my grandson, Seth, more than words can express. We laughed so much together our bellies were sure to pop. We ran and played, we wheeled down a roller skate rink (so to speak it was at a church) and we ate like noone needs to know.
At mid-day Saturday, I was so worn out, as he was, that I needed a nap. I could feel it in my back and bones. It has been an eye opener, I'm not young as I once was. I had it in my mind that my body could look 30 again (good and in shape), my heart was good and can take anything, and I can multi-task with a child again.  My eyes have been OPENED!
Okay, so getting old gracefully is my choice today. Here I am again, back to making choices. Can't I just sit on the beach and let the world roll away without choices? Oh, that's a choice.
Well, I want to be around longer and I know what I must do in order to see Seth grow up more, laugh, and play more. I'm choosing to take care of myself. I'm gonna work out again (oh, yes I had to stop for a while), eat healthier, and stay active like always.
This weekend helped me to recognize something else. I can come, go and do as I please. It's time to live and not sit in my place and watch the world pass me by. Now I'm going to get up and go do. I want to explore things, see things, and experience new things. I know I cannot do this if I'm sitting around or doing the same thing I've always done.
I'm excited. I've decided to pack a bag full of some things like a magnifine glass, a notebook, a reading book, some clothes, and maybe a bathing suit to sit at the beach in. I'm going to explore God's world. There are things I've always wanted to do and I'm going to go do them. I look at what I don't have to what God does have.
Yay, that's it. I"m packing my pup up and going exploring, like Dora the Explorer. Oh, we didn't watch cartoons this weekend, but we did cuddle and watch a movie. Thanks to this time with Seth, I've grown up little bit with him. I'm learned something about myself in the process and I've enjoyed every minute of it.
I can't wait to see the butterflies, magnify an ant, watch the foam roll up from the waves on the beach, and watch children laughing in the parks. I'm off to plan and plot my new adventures.
Wow, the world didn't end and I'm making a new beginning. This feels good.

2 Corinthians 5:17
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!

I feel like a butterfly that has been in a cacoon and ready to spread it's wings. I'm ready to tell the world what Jesus has done for me today. It's a simple thing, but it's in the simple that huge things happen.

~ Be in peace and grace
Marjorie