As I sit here on the cusp of my 28th birthday, I reflect on the past 28 years and wonder at how my life has turned out nothing like I thought it would be at 28. 

I also look back and am so thankful for the ways that God has worked in my life. I know every step both toward and away from him he has used to shape me more and more into his image. 

I don’t really regret anything in my life. Perhaps, I wish that the results were a little different, but I don’t regret that they happened by any means. 

I still can’t help but wonder why. Not that I am questioning what God had been doing – I known He’s working. But at what is he working? 

27 was rather unkind to me. It has been a year of unwanted transitions and hardship and tears. Tonight as I write this I pray that 28 is different. That God do something radical with my year that glorifies Him. 

More than that, I pray in anticipation for how God wants me to move next. I pray you ask Him the same and expect him to answer. 

Here’s to 28 and to God’s glory.