On turning 30

At 00:01 on January 1st, 2005, I wished J happy new year and whispered in his ear "Guess what? Next year I'm turning 30!" Since I had barely been 28 for 3 weeks at the time, Jeremy was shocked!

But now, 23 months later, the day has arrived and I'll admit that yesterday was a quiet, pensive day as I thought about it being my last day in my 20s. Today has arrived: I am now officially in my 30s, and I must say - I think it feels good. I feel like a "real grown up" today. Like I can't do strange stuff and have people say "oh, she's just young". I actually remember my Mom turning 30... I was 5 already!

For those who wondered "what did you do for your birthday?", my answer is that today was mostly a work day: I taught the last session of my bible study series on 1 Timothy (and many of the older ladies reminisced about how marvelous it had been when they were 30.... this cheered me considerably!). We then had our staff Christmas lunch, followed by 2 staff meetings. Tonight is a work night too - so it's "all work" today, and yet the work is all with people who I love and appreciate: so it's been a good day! We will have a small shindig this weekend with lots of ice-cream, which I am truly excited about.


All in all I am excited about my 30s. I feel ready for it. I wonder what this decade will bring: where will we live? will we have children? what will I do? in what ways will I grow and be stretched by God? what will be hard? what will I look back on and laugh? Yep, I'm excited. If the changes of the past 10 years are anything to go by - I'm thinking I can "expect the unexpected", and know that a good and loving Heavenly Father is in control of it all. And that makes turning any age a good year, by my books.