A decade has come and gone

Years flown right by

But oh the gifts

Those years have given

My feet

Have landed

On dirt

On clay

In rainforests

And searing heat

I have seen the world

In 10 years

I have served

Faces of children

So preciously amazing

Their hearts

Forever fused with mine

I have

Taught and learned

And fallen

Battered and bruised

I have melted

And shivered

And been soaked to the bone

I have walked

Where millions have walked before

And where few feet have ever been

I have stood

Where history and present

Come alive together

I have seen sights known all over the world

And things

No one else in the world has ever seen

I have cried

As I watch a parent suffer

At the pains of their child

And I have cried

Watching God’s miracles abound

I have laughed

And played

And worked

I have seen the sunrise

And the sunset

Over oceans

Seas

And cities

I have held hands

And worshipped

With friends and strangers

I have shared

With friends and family

The miles I have traveled

The memories in my heart

The treasures in my soul

I can’t believe

The gifts God has given me

The things my Creator has enabled me to see

My life in 10

Has been amazing

Blessing

Majestic

Explosively

My heart leaps

At the joy

Of the thought

Of the next 10

The adventures

Still in store

The world

Left to see