Older in a Dozen

In 12 days...I will be 30. Yes, the dreaded 3-0. A part of me is indifferent...I mean, my hubby has already done it, most of my friends have already done it, and I get to do it with my twin sister, so it's not like I'm navigating uncharted territory or even doing it alone. All the ladies at my office keep saying that the 30s are your best years; I hope they are right, because right now, I'm feeling a bit uneasy. 30. By 30, you're supposed to have your life in order. You're no longer a wild (like I was ever wild!) 20 year old. PLUS (and probably the thing most troubling me), there are things I thought I'd already have accomplished by 30, and now, I just feel behind. Old and behind.

When I snap myself out of one of my I'm-getting-old pitty parties, I realize that I'm TOTALLY being ridiculous. It's not like I'm going to wake up in 12 days and all of a sudden be old...or even different. I will just be me...one day older...one day wiser...one day more loved. :0)

But just in case another pitty party hits, I've decided to draw my strength from the only real strength and turn to His Good Words. So every day in the dozen days remaining to my big 3-0 birthday, I'm going to quote an encouraging or meaningful piece of Scripture from either a 30th chapter or verse. After all, all my days our His...

"You are not your own; you were bought at a price."
--1 Corinthians 6:19-20

ordained before I was born...

"All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be."
--Psalm 139:16

and hopefully giving glory to Him each day I am blessed to be here.

"...whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God."
--1 Corinthians 10:31

So...today's I'm-going-to-be-a-big-girl-about-turning-30 verse is Mark 12:30...

"Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength"