Can you believe it's the Holiday season already? Someone please tell me where the year goes...
I was at the store picking up soup for my husband when I ran into the calendar endcap. I usually pass this section by as the upcoming year is far from my mind. Well not tonight. Tonight I realized it's November and soon we'll be sitting around the dinner table surrounded by friends and family exclaiming what we are thankful for only to realize that Christmas has come and gone, our new years resolutions are once again a thing of the past, and summer is coming to a close. No seriously, where does the year go?
I picked up a disney 2017 calendar because yes I'm still a child at heart and love my disney. But more importantly I've been thinking about what 2017 means to me. It means a new hope and adventure. I could sit here and say how 2016 was such a hard year for us (it really was). I could complain about all the stressful endeavors that occurred, the disappointments, the heartache and of course the pain that ALWAYS seems to follow the pleasure. I could sit here and tell you how angry I became with God. How I said to myself I didn't believe He existed any more. How I refused to worship Him. *Cue the terrible christian remarks.* The obvious truth is, I struggled a lot this year. Luckily I have a wonderful husband who would always turn me back when I was going astray. He would speak truth to me, love me when it was most difficult, teach me when I was stuck, and remind me I'm not alone...
I'm not ready to make public what is was that I've been struggling with but the Lord has definitely worked a miracle in my life. He has shown His love to me more than ever. He has proven his strength and his mercy. He has forgiven me of all my hatefulness I had those months back. I know the Lord is going to use this difficult time in my life to help someone else in theirs. I don't know if the Lord will ever answer my prayers in the way that I've been asking, but I do know this; I am a stronger christian, I have a more open heart for others and I finally know how I want to approach is upcoming year.
For the next hour I'm going to sit here and write down all the birthdays, anniversaries, exciting plans, weddings, vacation trips and everything else I can think of for the next year in my new calendar. 2017 is going to be the dreams come true year and that I am sure of.
I was at the store picking up soup for my husband when I ran into the calendar endcap. I usually pass this section by as the upcoming year is far from my mind. Well not tonight. Tonight I realized it's November and soon we'll be sitting around the dinner table surrounded by friends and family exclaiming what we are thankful for only to realize that Christmas has come and gone, our new years resolutions are once again a thing of the past, and summer is coming to a close. No seriously, where does the year go?
I picked up a disney 2017 calendar because yes I'm still a child at heart and love my disney. But more importantly I've been thinking about what 2017 means to me. It means a new hope and adventure. I could sit here and say how 2016 was such a hard year for us (it really was). I could complain about all the stressful endeavors that occurred, the disappointments, the heartache and of course the pain that ALWAYS seems to follow the pleasure. I could sit here and tell you how angry I became with God. How I said to myself I didn't believe He existed any more. How I refused to worship Him. *Cue the terrible christian remarks.* The obvious truth is, I struggled a lot this year. Luckily I have a wonderful husband who would always turn me back when I was going astray. He would speak truth to me, love me when it was most difficult, teach me when I was stuck, and remind me I'm not alone...
I'm not ready to make public what is was that I've been struggling with but the Lord has definitely worked a miracle in my life. He has shown His love to me more than ever. He has proven his strength and his mercy. He has forgiven me of all my hatefulness I had those months back. I know the Lord is going to use this difficult time in my life to help someone else in theirs. I don't know if the Lord will ever answer my prayers in the way that I've been asking, but I do know this; I am a stronger christian, I have a more open heart for others and I finally know how I want to approach is upcoming year.
For the next hour I'm going to sit here and write down all the birthdays, anniversaries, exciting plans, weddings, vacation trips and everything else I can think of for the next year in my new calendar. 2017 is going to be the dreams come true year and that I am sure of.
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