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Reflection #11
Look here, you people who say, “Today or tomorrow we are going to a certain town and will stay there a year. We will do business there and make a profit.” How do you know what will happen tomorrow? For your life is like the morning fog—it’s here a little while, then it’s gone. What you ought to say is, “If the Lord wants us to, we will live and do this or that.”
James 4:13-15
It was in 1980 that I first began to write Mirrors. We had just moved from our home state and my desire was to keep in touch with my friends. I wanted them to know what God was doing in my life.
I had no idea in 1980 that my writing would any way change or increase. I am still overwhelmed with the opportunities God has given me. Because my life has changed, it has been a challenge to maintain my priorities. I want more than anything to have unhurried time with our Lord and to have the time and energy to be a wife, mother, and grandmother. I don’t ever want to presume upon the Lord’s will, I want to be faithful to ask, “Lord, what do You want me to do?”
Because God is faithful to guide us, I have recently felt the Lord’s prompting to stop writing Mirrors. My part is to be obedient even though I have mixed feelings! I so enjoy sharing God’s word and His ways, and He has assured me that I will continue to write studies, books, and devotions. But, for now, I need to lay the newsletter aside. I also feel that just because I stop, it doesn’t mean I can’t start again at His leading (I’m keeping the mailing list.)
I want to express my deep gratitude at the many notes and monetary gifts I have received for the mailing of Mirrors. Your encouragement has immensely blessed me. I will miss you!
So my dear friends, may you always seek to be strengthened by His Spirit, to love and trust our great God with all your heart, and to continually ask, “If the Lord wants me to, I will live and do this or that.”
Much love in Christ,
Cynthia Heald
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