Getting together with a friend, going out for good sushi at Koi, and walking along Huntington Beach and the Seal Beach pier is not a bad way to celebrate the weekend before my Birthday. I also had a chance to spend time catching up with another friend of mine who had spent her summer break in Japan with her family.
This coming weekend, for my actual Birthday, I plan to go to Dim Sum with my parents and then spend the day at Disneyland with my brothers, after Church. I was never really big on birthdays, but, it is a chance to get together with family and friends.
On the flip side, it's a reminder that I am getting older. Well, age doesn't bother me so much. I appreciate all that I've had a chance to experience - becoming independent, traveling the world, learning about myself and others, etc. The part about getting older that I would like to avoid, are the health issues and having to deal more with facing death of loved ones. But, I will always remember one speaker who said that the difficulties that come with old age help us to yearn for glory, eternity with God. If we got stronger and stronger as we got older, it would be harder to want to leave this life.
Isn't it interesting that Birthday thoughts actually lead to thoughts about what happens at the end of life? I just pray that I live my life in a manner that is worthy of my calling as a follower of Christ. May God use me for His Work; and may He be pleased with what I offer to HIM.
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Birthday Thoughts '09
Getting together with a friend, going out for good sushi at Koi, and walking along Huntington Beach and the Seal Beach pier is not a bad way to celebrate the weekend before my Birthday. I also had a chance to spend time catching up with another friend of mine who had spent her summer break in Japan with her family.
This coming weekend, for my actual Birthday, I plan to go to Dim Sum with my parents and then spend the day at Disneyland with my brothers, after Church. I was never really big on birthdays, but, it is a chance to get together with family and friends.
On the flip side, it's a reminder that I am getting older. Well, age doesn't bother me so much. I appreciate all that I've had a chance to experience - becoming independent, traveling the world, learning about myself and others, etc. The part about getting older that I would like to avoid, are the health issues and having to deal more with facing death of loved ones. But, I will always remember one speaker who said that the difficulties that come with old age help us to yearn for glory, eternity with God. If we got stronger and stronger as we got older, it would be harder to want to leave this life.
Isn't it interesting that Birthday thoughts actually lead to thoughts about what happens at the end of life? I just pray that I live my life in a manner that is worthy of my calling as a follower of Christ. May God use me for His Work; and may He be pleased with what I offer to HIM.
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