Wait on God and trust Him during times of uncertainty

My senior year in high school was full of leading cheers, bouncing a basketball, studying chemistry and sharing a hurried dinner with my mom and dad. I could hardly wait until college.

My college years were great fun with the best friends, late nights, searching for answers to questions of my future career, future husband and future life.

I could hardly wait to graduate. My early years of marriage held times of struggle to get along, but there was the fun of setting up housekeeping, close couple friends, first holidays together, and dreaming about the future.

I could hardly wait to have a baby. My precious son was loved beyond anything I could have imagined, his smile brightened my day, his cries punctuated my nights, his schedule dominated my life.

I could hardly wait until he was more independent.

Then — in what now seems like no time at all — my son graduated from high school, then college and married. Today, his son is in college and his daughter in high school.

My meaningful but demanding career came to an end.

My parents passed on.

I don’t think God gave us life in order to rush through it. Today, I want to grab those past moments back and linger there. The pandemic has revealed the importance of living in the now even if there is a “new” now.

This past week, I began my 17th year of “Esther Women,” a nondenominational, Christian luncheon series. It’s been more of a success than I could have ever imagined, with a large gathering of beautiful women year after year.

In this first program of the season,

PROVIDED Isaiah Bailey and Eryn LeCroy