Thought for the Day

Thought for the Day

Do not strive to return to the place or places from which God has already set you free.
Exodus 16:1-3; Deut. 10:16-20; 11:1

Happy New Year!

Forget about what's happened; don't keep going over old history. Be alert, be present. I'm about to do something brand new...

Isaiah 43:18-19 MSG

Reflections

As this year draws to a close, I spent some time reflecting on the year that is soon to be a year past. I will admit that I am glad that this year is ending. It has been a challenging year to say the least. Overall, it has been a year filled with lessons. Lessons on waiting, hoping, praying, pain of various kinds (physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual), walking by faith, getting to know who God is and where was He in and through all of it. And then, just when you think you've got it and everything is looking up and all is well again, here comes another lesson, different mind you, but just as difficult, if not more so.

This year has seen me in various states of my worst. Dealing with pain, having a child diagnosed with a autoimmune disease for which there is no cure, raising teens, tweens, a preschooler, and a toddler, and whether I would remain at my church, stretched me to the very limits of what I felt I was. Each morning I received another opportunity to try again, to get it right, to do it better, to be better.

With each lesson and through each challenge, I learned that His mercies are new every morning and Great is His faithfulness, even when I have been faithless. So it is with some joy that I say goodbye to 2014.

And with great hope that I say hello 2015!

So Long 2014

I came across this on Instagram by @Womenbychoice and would like to share with all before this year comes to a close.

Thought for the Day

"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that."

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Thought for the Day