I've never been the kind of person who worries about getting older.  That doesn't mean I don't wear wrinkle cream (I certainly do) or try to stay current on fashion trends (even though I don't participate in them).  I guess I've always thought it would be better to focus my energy on things I CAN change.   Maybe that's why turning 30 this past weekend wasn't something I was dreading. 

I had friends ask me, "Do you feel 30?  Do you feel different?"   And actually, I do feel different.  The feeling didn't come overnight.  It is a feeling of growth and change that has been building inside me over the past year.  I know more about who I am and I'm more comfortable in my own skin.  I've realized that I will become the woman, wife, mother, sister, daughter, friend I long to be by knowing God better.  I've come to understand that people should be who God made them to be not who I think they should be.  I've learned that "wait" is not a four letter word but a chance for God to provide all my needs and to give me an opportunity to rest in anticipation of what is to come.