Today is my birthday! OK...I'm not saying that so you will give me a gift...but, I woke up this morning and really didn't give it much thought. I am 44 years old! (UGH!) For some reason, the older I get, the more vain I get. I've always wanted to look good, but now it takes alot more effort! (Ladies, you know what I am saying!)
Anyway, I look at my grandmother, who will be 97 next month, I think "how beautiful she is!". She really is! Does she look every bit of 97? Yes...but something radiates from her. Don't get me wrong...she is beautiful on the outside, too! I've seen 50 year old women with more wrinkles! Everyone who is fortunate enough to know her falls in love with her...just ask the staff at Oakmont Nursing Home!
I hope that if I live that long, that is the effect I will have. I worry and fret so about my physical appearance that sometimes I forget that there is an inner beauty that come from knowing Christ that I need to work on, too. Yes, I need to excercise my spirituality just as much as my physical body.
Well, that's about all I have for today...hope you have a great day and God Bless!
About Me
- Jennifer Byers
- I am 43 years old...wife of Tommy, mother of Maggie (16) and Ashley (20). I love my family and my 2 chihuahuas, Bandit and Sophia. We live on the "outskirts" of Belton, SC in "Possum Kingdom", but I was born and raised in Greenville, SC. I have a crazy, dysfunctional family that I love with all my heart!
5 comments:
Jennifer Happy Bitrhday!! I see you like the same bands that I do!!!
Sam
First Happy belated Bday. I was on vacation. What a great return. You are so right. Of course people see the outside first but after that what do they see? Is Christ fully engulfing our insides so that people notice that more than the outside. Unfortunately you can't miss my outside but I'm working on making the inside look better than the outside. That's what our Lord wants more. Plus every time I decide to get into shape, the shape I pick is a pear....:)
Jennifer, I'm not sure you will remember me, but I'm Anita Pendley. I went to Belton First for a few years and taught at Wee for a couple of years. We moved back to Atlanta around 1999. Anyway, I had Belton on my mind and was browsing around and found your blog. So I wanted to say hello! Hope all is well!
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Anita
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not writing all that over again. Anyways, just wanted to say superb blog!
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