"When I Have Fears That I May Cease to Be"

There's a great poem by the Romantic poet, John Keats, called, "When I Have Fears That I May Cease to Be," and it's a title that was forever imprinted in my brain from the first second I heard it.

As life goes on, there are moments that we encounter that are very sobering. Moments that remind us that we are not going to live forever, that we only have so much time to be on this earth.

These days, "when I have fears that I may cease to be," they center around my daughter, Psalm. I want to see her grow up, help guide her, teach her the Bible, to pray, to lean on God, to do what's right and trust God for EVERY area of her life--including school, jobs, men, etc. I just want to be there for her, when she needs me.

One of my dear friends from church is struggling with her health right now, and it's in these moments that we are challenged to pray more, believe more--and it's also a moment to do inventory and realize that life can change drastically at any moment. We just don't know what the future holds...

"But we know Who holds our future."

And I thank God for that! There is so much I want to do, have yet to do, for God, my family, myself. But no matter what, I totally trust God. There's SO MUCH I want to experience yet in my life, but I know that He will take me when it's my time--and not a second before.

That's what gives me great comfort "when I have fears." And that's what keeps me reaching, taking bigger steps when I feel like I can't reach out anymore, take one more step...

I am so thankful to be a child of God.