Well, it’s that time again! It’s Christmas time and time to start a brand new year! As we say good-bye to another year gone by we said a warm wintery Hello to the new year 2011! Wow! To think about everything that has happened in this century so far and how much we have learned in the past 10 years!
The memories we have made with old friends and even new ones that we may have just met this year. We’ve accomplished goals and maybe even created new ones. We’ve started new careers and made new plans for ourselves. I’ve had many friends who have become engaged and have been recently married and some who have had their first child.
Though being approximatly 2,000 miles away from those college and post college friends that I left behind in Indiana, it’s great knowing that I can stay in contact with them over the phone/Facebook/email. Even though looking at pictures of everyone sometimes brings me to tears as I think about all the good times we’ve had, and how much I miss them!
Even thinking about the new friendships I have made with the friends that I’ve been blessed with working on this new church planting ministry. We’ve been able to reach so many different people through music and drama and just by being able to create relationships around us and spread the good news about how wonderful a relationship with Christ is! I look forward to the many adventures we have together through what God has plan for our lives. It’s going to be such a great adventure!
Starting new career paths is always a scary thing to do. But starting a business with MaryKay has been a huge challenge for me! But it as been extremely worthwhile for me every step of the day. It’s allowing me to get out there and meet new people and try new things. I’ve met so many new friends that I have been blessed to work with through this new business endeavor. They have helped me overcome my fears and accomplish my goals. I am so blessed to be about to work with these wonderful people that I can call friends!
I could not have accomplished anything with out the love of God with me! He is always there in my good days and my bad ones. When I am feeling lonely, I can run to his arms and just feel comforted. Whether I am in my quiet time or worshiping in our Sunday service. For as Philippians 4:13 says, for I can do everything through Christ who gives me strength. And God gives me daily strength to make it through each and everyday.
Jeremiah 29:11 says, For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. And as I look at this verse over and over again I am reminded that God knows what is best for me, he knows where my career path leads and he knows who that “future husband” is for me. So as I continue to study God’s word and dig deeper into the scriptures and live out the word of God by telling people, performing dramas or maybe just by helping people. I can be assured that I am still growing and learning more day by day.
