Fields
are beginning to be bare and geese honk as the shadow of their flight reflects
on the water of the lake. Obviously the season is changing, and once again we
will make the trip to our winter home in Florida. Even though I enjoy our home
there, I find the change rather difficult at times. Perhaps it has something to
do with age. I smile as I write that because I know it has much to do with age.
My mother lived for 92
years, and we often discussed the changes she had experienced in her life. And
as I walk this morning, many of the changes I have experienced in my lifetime
come to mind.
I once read my favorite
book, Little Women, by kerosene lamp; after electricity came into our
home, I listened to The Lone Ranger on our very modern radio; I was in the
third grade before our family had a bathroom and running water; our ring on the
party line telephone was two shorts and one long ring; and the changes went on.
My high school graduation present was a very modern
electric typewriter; and later my children wore cloth diapers that I washed in
a wringer washer and hung on the clothesline to dry in freezing winter weather.
I taught myself about a computer on a new TRS 80 with DOS. I wore high-heeled
shoes and skirts to teach school. Dial-up Internet was a miracle in Grandview,
Illinois. And the changes went on.
Our son is now a
grandfather. Our great-granddaughter celebrated her second birthday in
September. She changes so quickly. What will she know in her lifetime? What
changes will she experience as she walks into the future?
I can make few
promises to her about her future. Changes will be many, but one promise I can
make. “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and forever.” If her faith is
in Him as she walks through life, she can face any and all changes that come
into her world. I walk on praying that she and all young children facing our
changing world will realize this truth.
5 comments:
Thanks for the reminders of all we have learned, and how we have progressed, through our lives, Clella. I certainly wouldn't want to try to navigate the complexities of modern life, particularly with the "making-life-easy" blessings of technology, without the Lord!
I do remember how wringer washer and put rubber diapers through that wringer diapers and explodes, and garments sometimes get stuck going around and around and around those wringers. I remember having to disassemble the whole wringer head to get something untangled. and I ruined a couple of shirts
Did you ever get anything caught in a wringer?or ruined a couple of shirts? Thanks for the reminders .
I do remember how wringer washer and put rubber diapers through that wringer diapers and explodes, and garments sometimes get stuck going around and around and around those wringers. I remember having to disassemble the whole wringer head to get something untangled. and I ruined a couple of shirts
Did you ever get anything caught in a wringer?or ruined a couple of shirts?
Thanks for the reminders.
Oh my yes about getting clothes caught...I ruined a wringer once and my husband justcouldn't understand how you could do that. :-) Isn't strange thelittle things we remember. Thanks for stopping by.
Love this post and love you, Clella!
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