God's list...

"He has shown you, o man, what is good and what the Lord requires of thee. but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God."

these words are from a song based on micah 6:8...i recently heard this old chorus and it struck me in a whole new way...(funny how that works...thank you Lord for another lesson)

though our checklist of expectations for any given age may be long and detailed...i love that God's list is short and simple...do justly, love mercy, and walk humbly with God...

that latter part...walking humbly with God...sounds an awful lot like not taking ourselves...and our expectations of ourselves...too seriously...that's a sentiment i've heard echoed in the words of several older women recently...each has said that as they have gotten older...turning the big 50..or 60 was the most freeing thing for them...suddenly they didn't care anymore what others said or even thought of them...they've all loved the freedom of taking themselves less seriously and walking humbly in God's lavish love and unique path for them...and they've all told "young" me that the best is yet to come...

gotta say...i really like that...i have really tried to take a cue from micah 6:8 and these older, wiser women...what i know is that when i live my life celebrating all that God has accomplished in and through me...and frankly...often despite me...when i celebrate the simple joys of doing justly, loving mercy, and walking humbly with God...when i am armed with these goals...i think the best is yet to come...and that is one expectation i am banking on...