Seasons of the Soul

Holidays, seasons, and reasons to celebrate . . . and moments to pause and pray

Birthdays
Time sneaks up on you like a windshield on a bug.

Birthday candlesI don’t know who said it, but it’s true. One day you wake up to find time staring you in the face. When my mom was in her mid-fifties, she told me she couldn’t believe she was so old. She didn’t feel old. She said she didn’t feel any differently than she did when she was in her twenties, yet she had a different body and an older face staring back at her from the mirror. Just wait, she said, when you’re my age, you’ll know what I mean…. Read more

Born on Monday,
Fair in face;
Born on Tuesday,
Full of God’s grace;
Born on Wednesday,
Sour and sad;
Born on Thursday,
Merry and glad;
Born on Friday,
Worthily given;
Born on Saturday,
Work hard for your living;
Born on Sunday,
You will never know want.

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