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Passing unnoticed

Sometimes it seems like life moves very slowly, and other times it seems that it moves very quickly. It seems that the opposite of what I want, happens. If I wish for it to move slowly, it moves quickly, and if I wish it would move quickly, it moves slowly.
Nevertheless, the past 5 months have come and gone like a flash. I can hardly believe January is almost over.
I realize that there may be very few people who read my blog; perhaps a lot of that has to do with how infrequently I write. ;)
But I was thinking about what I might blog about and looking through pictures... I guess it is really the little things that make up a beautiful life. It's the little things everyday that make fond memories.
I tend to be so task oriented that I forget to stop and notice the dew drops on the flower, the frost patterns on the window, the unique sunrise... the smiles which are flashed at me every day.
And then- suddenly these precious times are gone. It's a new stage of life, the things we took for granted have disappeared. The view I see every morning out the front window, its no longer there. The dirty frying pan on the stove, is no longer there. The pictured that a younger sibling colored and left, is no longer there. The noise of boys getting excited over a new creation they made, is no longer in the background. The voice of a loved one calling my name. The embrace of a loved one who is gone...Why do I either wish these things would cease to be or take them for granted that they always will be? Why do I not take the time to notice these blessings until they are gone?
I only have one life to live, and I want to make it count, for all it's worth. I want to leave others more blessed for having known me. I want lives to be changed through my willingness to obey, go, do, and be what God has for me.  I want to enjoy every moment, because a moment can not be relived.  2016 is now gone. Did I use 2016 to make a difference?
A lot has happened to me in a span of a year. I am not the same Elise I was last year, and I thank God for that. I have a long way to go before I am perfect- won't be til eternity. But with every passing year I see myself more as God sees me, and see more of who He really is.
2017 looks like it will be quite a year, and I hope and pray that I will be a very different girl next year because of 2017 and the work the Lord does in me.
The fact that He is willing to work on me is actually quite amazing. Why did He choose me? I don't know. There is nothing special about me. But He loved me enough to die for me to save me. That is enough reason to live for Him, and that is my greatest desire. How He works through someone with so many flaws... I don't understand. And thus, I remain, amazed... and owing Him.... Everything.

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