{"id":2402,"date":"2014-10-05T09:42:08","date_gmt":"2014-10-05T16:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jonandlayne.com\/?p=2402"},"modified":"2014-10-05T09:42:30","modified_gmt":"2014-10-05T16:42:30","slug":"turning-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jonandlayne.com\/turning-30\/","title":{"rendered":"Turning 30"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Layne Post<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

For some people the age 30 is a hard pill to swallow. Saying goodbye to the teens and 20\u2019s can feel like you are waving youth \u2018goodbye\u2019 and settling into \u2018middle-age\u2019. For some it was or is a goal line, a \u201cmake a million by the time you are 30\u201d type of line. For others it is a \u201cI\u2019ll do better in my next thirty years\u201d type of turning mark.<\/p>\n

Some people may be beyond 30 and looking back thinking how young and na\u00efve they were. Some maybe remember it as the glory days. Maybe for others it is a foggy blur of a fast moving life.<\/p>\n

Some are smack in the middle of their 30\u2019s thinking, \u201cit is only downhill from here\u201d. Or perhaps thinking, \u201c30 really isn\u2019t that old because I still feel young!\u201d<\/p>\n

Well, this week I turned 30.<\/p>\n

For me I feel like it is a graduation of sorts. I feel like I am moving forward equipped with knowledge, wisdom, and growth that my previous life has taught me. I honestly feel like I am graduating with Summa Cum Laude honors – not that I aced every test, not that I didn\u2019t make silly mistakes or skip class at all, but somehow my gracious Lord gave me a few extra credit projects and I came out of top. I am 30 and I am owning it.<\/p>\n

I am so happy to be here.<\/p>\n

I have a God, who has given me every good and perfect gift.<\/p>\n

I have a wonderful husband, who outshines all in comparison, who loves me and cares for me with reckless abandon.<\/p>\n

I have three healthy beautiful daughters and one precious little babe on the way.<\/p>\n

I have family that unceasing loves and supports me, both on my side and on Jon\u2019s.<\/p>\n

I have a body of Christian believers, who care for me and my family as if they were my own flesh and blood.<\/p>\n

I have a community of friends and missionaries right here in Mozambique who have stepped up and filled in for the physical absence of my family.<\/p>\n

I have a 4 absolutely delightful Mozambicans who are living with us, who have added such joy, culture, and humility to my life.
\nAnd despite my African-dusty countertops, dinted car, stained couches, cracked dishes, taped floor tiles\u2026 guys, you can\u2019t convince me otherwise, I\u2019ve got the life.<\/p>\n

I am rich.<\/p>\n

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