That's
what life is all about, isn't it? Looking backward and looking
forward?
Especially in one's late years, after completions
there must be anticipations
of what's
ahead—joyful, positive expectations, not tainted with fear or dread
or regret.
I
always review my life at the dawn of a new year. I give serious
thought and prayer to “what I want to be when I grow up.” I ask
Jesus Christ, the Lord of my life, what He wants me to complete
while I'm still in my
“earth suit,” my mortal body. In anticipation
of my 90th
year I want a fresh anointing of the Oil of the Holy Spirit so I
don't become stale, wilted, or dry but “full of sap and very green”
as God, according to Psalm 92, expects of His children who are in
their advanced years. In my recently published book I refer to such
people as being in our “summit season” and “vintage years.”
Each
year I choose a word to focus on and internalize in my life. One year
it was ABUNDANCE, another year it was WISDOM. Last year, my word was
LEGACY. In 2015 I'm choosing FLOURISH from the title of my current
book implying to increase and not diminish or slack off, to embrace
hope, not to drift but press on, not regress. The release last month
of this third book in my spiritual autobiographical “LAND OF MORE”
Trilogy is titled STILL
MORE! FLOURISHING ON MY SUMMIT.
It is both a completion
and an anticipation.
I am challenging
myself to live out and practice what I have already written. I intend
for my own book to be my Road Map as I further unpack its meaning for
my life in the next year.
While
completing
this book for publishing, I discovered that I had far too much
material for one book. I “flourished” too much! It was a painful
task to do serious syntax surgery by cutting it in half and omitting
valuable content. It turned out that, in a sense, I had been
“pregnant with twins.” I have “still more” than enough choice
material left over for a second book, already edited. If God wills, I
anticipate
that it too may be published in 2015 with the title TWELVE
MORE BASKETS FULL! If
that actually happens, the second book will also be available on
ebooks.
While
waiting for STILL
MORE! to come off the
press last month, I ventured off my usual non-fiction genre to
complete
a fiction book which
I had been working on intermittently for many years. I compiled 31 of
my parables into a manuscript titled FABLES
OF GOD'S KINGDOM FOR GROWN-UPS.
I anticipate,
God willing, to finally publish it in 2015. I'm encouraged by the
enthusiastic response from viewers of my blog where I posted all the
fables recently.
There
were other completions
in
2014. I
produced CD’s from hundreds of broadcast tapes of my previously
aired “Living it UP” daily programs on our Christian radio
station. This “Legacy Project” also offers companion CD’s to go
with some of the topics and books which I have previously published.
Because of the demand, I also completed
the reprint of two of my most popular books of help for widows and
they are available again.
After
30 years of broadcasting 24/7 to a widespread listening audience
reaching thousands of lives for Christ, the Board of Directors of our
not-for-profit corporation, which I have served as president from the
beginning, made the decision to cease broadcasting. To everything
there is a time and a season, and we believe we have completed
the task to which God
called us. Those of us involved in this ministry anticipate
new directions to serve Him.
God's
goodness and mercy has followed our family and we feel blessed. Thank
God my health is stable in spite of aging realities and I keep
active. Thank you for your prayers. My severe chronic lower back pain
now gives me very little trouble although I still invest many hours
at the computer. My number of grandchildren seems to be complete
at 10, but the number
of great-grands is anticipated
to increase by 3 more babies in the next few months making their
number 10 as well!
I
am blessed with friendships across the country and it is a joy to
keep in touch. I welcome phone calls at 540-877-1813, emails at
leonachoy@gmail.com,
invite you to view my blog: leonachoy.blogspot.com, and to visit my
publications web site www.goldenmorning.com.
Write and come to see me at 497 Devland Dr. Winchester, VA 22603.
Let
me know how I can pray for you. My prayer request is: For
wisdom to press on to know and do the will of God for the rest of my
way. Let's watch for
the return of Jesus with greater anticipation!
In
the love of Jesus our Savior,
Leona
Choy
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