Watching the Seasons Go By

Yesterday I finished writing on both sides of 70 pages of this journal of mine. It begins in August of '09 and finished yesterday, June '11.

In this particular journal (for I've had many) I have probably the craziest months of my life so far. So many joys and sorrows were written of in this book. Words that tell of the part of the story of time that I was involved in. Where God chose to bring me along in this timeline and world. My young adulthood stages.

Granted, I'm still a young adult. But this was my first experiences with it. I read the whole thing today and am just amazed at what God does. How he teaches and grows us, and how often we think we know ourselves so well when the next day God can change us. It reminded me of those little things that happen that we forget about that made us laugh so hard, of the trials we thought would never end and are now over.

Of time gone by.

The next season after this past one is the season I'm in. All I can see is what happened before in the past, and what I can only predict in my mortal and limited mind on this earth. It always turns out different so I feel like I shouldn't even put the future as an option. It's always pending! Haha. God has his plans. But it's definitely weird to think that while I write about the times now...I'll look back on them like I did my past today. The moments now will become memories. Things forgotten. Like right now as I write...I will forget what it felt like. Even though it feels so real and important right now.

It's just crazy to think about.

Anyway. I just wanted to share how memories are crazy and that I see some more craziness in the seasons ahead. AJ started his job yesterday and I am beginning to see a little glimpse, I think, of why God gave me the Dad that he did. =) Good practice.