Yep, it’s today.
::sigh::
Some notes from this notable birthday:
- I woke up this morning to find that my daughter had sent me a birthday email—from her computer upstairs. I found that humorous.
- We went out for dinner last night at McCormick’s Fish House. It was the day before my birthday, but when you get to be my age, you don’t like to fight those weekend crowds, you know? Razor clams are in season—I was SO happy!
- My in-laws are visiting this week so my birthday dinner tonight was a delicious spread of Chinese food: eggrolls, roast pork, noodles with pork and baby bok choy (you HAVE to have noodles on your birthday), beef with asparagus and oyster sauce, and sticky rice with mushrooms and Chinese sausage. Yummy!
- I appreciate all the calls, emails, Facebook wishes and gifts from my wonderful friends and family!
I expected to be pretty depressed today, but I think I’m just too overtired this week to really give aging much thought. I went to the grocery store this afternoon by myself and, in some rare moments of uninterrupted contemplation, my thoughts kept returning, not to how old I am or how little I have accomplished, but to God’s overwhelming mercy that has been continuously extended to me. And so I’ll leave you with the words of one of my favorite songs (sung by Sandra McCracken on The Builder and the Architect), in the hope that you are able to rejoice in them as well.
Thy mercy, my God, is the theme of my song,
The joy of my heart and the boast of my tongue;
Thy free grace alone, from the first to the last,
Has won my affections, and bound my soul fast.
Without Thy sweet mercy I could not live here;
Sin would reduce me to utter despair;
But, through Thy free goodness, my spirits revive,
And He that first made me still keeps me alive.
Thy mercy is more than a match for my heart,
Which wonders to feel its own hardness depart;
Dissolved by Thy goodness, I fall to the ground,
And weep for the praise of the mercy I’ve found.
Great Father of mercies, Thy goodness I own,
And the covenant love of Thy crucified Son;
All praise to the Spirit, Whose whisper divine
Seals mercy, and pardon, and righteousness mine.
©2001 Same Old Dress Music (ASCAP).
3 Comments
May 9, 2009 at 8:37 am
Excellent song. It’s one of my favorites too. All that birthday food sounds delish – you’ve made me hungry (thanks a lot).
May 11, 2009 at 8:40 pm
Your birthday is one I remember even without reminders from American Greetings and facebook. Not sure why. But, I’ll have you know that I was giving you one more year to turn 40. Totally thought you were 39 this year. The point? I don’t know. But I heart you, Lisa.
May 12, 2009 at 10:14 pm
I heart you too Lisa, even if I am 4 days late at wishing you a Happy Birthday. (I have greeting cards, right… well for Birthday cards I only have belated birthday cards, now you know why. And since I just told you about the card I’ll have to wait until next year to send you one. hehe.)
Happy Birthday Lisa! In my eyes I think you’re 25.
May the Lord Bless you on your 40th year.