And Go Round and Round and Round in the Circle Game
Ecclesiastes 7:
10 Do not say, “Why were the old days better than these?”
For it is not wise to ask such questions.
11 Wisdom, like an inheritance, is a good thing
and benefits those who see the sun.
12 Wisdom is a shelter
as money is a shelter,
but the advantage of knowledge is this:
Wisdom preserves those who have it..
My two youngest just got on the middle-high school bus. They love being back in school, and considering my situation, it's best. I'm not gonna lie, I positively HATE how my life turned out. It isn't even remotely close to what I had dreamed and hoped. I had no idea that those would be my best days. We were young and didn't know it. We were happy and didn't know it. We were poor as dirt and did know it, and it was hard popping out 5 babies in 10 years while homeschooling. To go back to those days, is to lose ALL the wisdom gained through the years and tears that followed. I used to sing this song when I was a teenager, having NO idea the bitter sweetness of its truth. Get your tissue box as you click on the link and listen.
I'd go back to those days in a heart beat, if I could live them over differently. That's not how life works, though. My life turned out so awful from my perspective, but I thought it was awful then, too. Of course, that's what I think now, but when it's over for good, I'll say, "Those were my treasured days when My Maker was my Husband. And, oh, what a sweet and wonderful, magnificent husband He has been." These may be the closest I ever get to GOD, I don't know, but He is in my every thought, now, and He wasn't then.
Isaiah 54: “Do not be afraid; you will not be put to shame.
Do not fear disgrace; you will not be humiliated.
You will forget the shame of your youth
and remember no more the reproach of your widowhood.
5 For your Maker is your husband—
the Lord Almighty is his name—
the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer;
he is called the God of all the earth.
6 The Lord will call you back
as if you were a wife deserted and distressed in spirit—
a wife who married young,
only to be rejected,” says your God.
7 “For a brief moment I abandoned you,
but with deep compassion I will bring you back.
8 In a surge of anger
I hid my face from you for a moment,
but with everlasting kindness
I will have compassion on you,”
says the Lord your Redeemer.
