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Friday, September 27, 2024 (Ashley)

Posted on by Josh Heppner 0 comments
Today I woke up a 38 year old 🎈
3️⃣8️⃣ Wow, it’s weird to say it, let alone type it!

Now, I’m not an over-the-top birthday person in one way or another. I don’t feel the need to make a big fuss about celebrating them nor do I sit and fret about the increasing number. But there is something about my birthday that really does get me thinking 💭

Thirty-eight may not sound that old to some of you but just take my hands for example… they have been exposed, feeling, and handling everything I touch for THIRTY-EIGHT years! I still have a blanket I had when I was very young and the thing is torn apart, barely hanging on by the threads but these hands… they’re typing away, still working just as well as they always have. 🙌🏻 They are THIRTY-EIGHT years old! How?? Isn’t God amazing? The way he created us, our minds, our bodies, and souls to exist? His design and protection completely amaze me!

And that’s just my hands. When I think back to what it must have been like the day I was born, my heart swells. My mom was only sixteen years old. She and my dad had only married a couple of months prior and would be divorced before my first birthday.

Still, I had God’s protection.

In my early years, I would split my time between my families and be introduced to step-parents which would eventually lead to more divorce and heartache.

Still, I had God’s protection.

Middle and high school would come with their own challenges and often led me to feel quite alone without any siblings or anchored family stability.

Still, I had God’s protection.

College and my early twenties were a lost time. Trying to figure out who I was and who I wanted to be.

Still, I had God’s protection.

My late-twenties to mid-thirties had me walking through some heavy trials and practicing new roles for the first time as a wife and mom.

Still, I had God’s protection.

Truth be told, I can’t remember the exact moment I gave my life to the Lord and maybe that’s because I’ve really always felt his protection over me 💗 When I see pictures of me as a little girl, I get emotional about how God carried me through, never left my side, and never will.

He still sees me as that little girl and even as I embark on my 38th year—
Still, I have God’s protection.

“You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother’s womb. Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous – how well I know it. You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion, as I was woven together in the dark of the womb. You saw me before I was born. Every day of my life was recorded in your book. Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed.” Psalm 139:13-16

Sister, this is not only true for me. This scripture is about all of us. What an amazing and loving Aba Father we serve, amen?

Rest in his protection today! It’s always there.
🤍 Ashley

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