Embrace Each Season

"Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards." -Kierkegaard

Here we are, already headed into the second month of 2026. It is a cliché, I know, but true nevertheless, “time goes by so fast.” It was 34 years ago that Randy and I stepped down from pastoring a local church and launched out into the unknown…literally; no plan, no money, no open doors. It was just the two of us with a developing vision and our passports.

Only by looking back can I now understand the process of hard choices, disappointments, perseverance, and many, many opportunities that made us who we were and are. No experience is wasted, they all move us forward to our destiny. World Missions Advance, a name Randy came up with to describe our purpose, continues on. We not only wanted to go to the nations, (Randy traveled to over 40 nations before he passed in 2017), but help others go as well. So many of you have stood with us all these years, I am so thankful.

We must never minimize events in our lives but rather stop and consciously make a determination that we will embrace each season. We live our life forward and we’ll understand it backwards. Only then will we be able to look back and “…know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose” (Romans 8:28).

To quote the great philosopher, Dr. Seuss: “Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory.”

No turning back...