this past year has been the hardest of my life...hands down. i've felt homeless and rather helpless the entire year, rushing from one event to the next. i feel as if i forgot to breathe for 365 days. but it has contained trials and joys that God saw fit to give me in His perfect time. from belhaven, to california, to china, to laurel, to oxford, and back again, God has been with me every step of the way. from our move, to mom's surgery, to joshua's deployment, and everything inbetween, He has taught me to rely upon Him like i hadn't known how to before. now i see. i have been surrounded by "shouts of deliverance" (Psalm 32) for the entire journey, whether i heard them or not.
of course, now, i am making the obligatory new year's resolutions: get in shape and....yeah, mainly just get in shape. but i am determine to have a rich year, a happy year, a full year....a GOOD year. i desire to deepen relationships, renew my mind, walk like Christ, enter full-force into my passions, understand more. i WILL study God's Word. i WILL read a book of my choosing each week. i WILL discuss life every time i can. i WILL enjoy my music. i WILL try new things. i WILL be kind. i WILL be all things to all people. i WILL be intentional. i WILL see the world in a brighter, better light.
i look forward to the inevitable tribulation of 2008 with an understanding that i couldn't have grasped last new year's. this year promises much stretching and uncomfortableness: possibly tumultuous last semester, graduation, unknown summer plans, possibility of moving to washington in the fall. all hard, but good and necessary things.
He has given me a "hope and a future." I rest in that, and that alone.
goodbye 2007, and helloooooooo 2008.
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