so far in the year '07

I really enjoyed 2006. It was a good year I feel. I took some big risks, and I loved it. To step out, and explore an unexplored realm, to adventure, to share, to risk, to love, to serve. The year unfolded in an beautiful way. There were struggles, challenges, lows, tears, worry, sorrow, joy, laughter, friendship, growth. To say it was a perfect year would be lying. But I don't require perfection, thankfully. To move past being stagnant is success enough. Because staying in the same place, never growing, never risking, never changing...well, that's no way to live is it?

Now 2007. Let's just say my God has a sense of humour. Although at the time it began I wasn't laughing. Two-thousand and seven, it began in the most unexpected way. Of course I'm not going to share details, it is the internet. But I sensed from the start that God wasn't wasting any time presenting me with an opportunity to be stretched, to be challenged.

I am grateful for how He has been so gracious. I am thankful for those people in my life, who care and love me, for me. And it is so obvious who they are. Thank you.

I have also been reminded again (like this wasn't fresh in my mind) that relationships are tough. And they take effort, and time and nourishing. Because otherwise they'll atrophy.

2007 will be a significant year. I'm excited, yet I have no idea what it holds. I'm anticipating some great changes, and some hard ones. Choices will need to be made, and some things will not be chosen. That all sounds very vague and ambiguous to a degree, I know. But I cannot say too much more than that. I truly don't know how the year will unfold, but I'm in my Father's grasp and I figure that that is the best place to be. I will say hello to new people and new relationships, and I suspect I will say goodbye and farewell to others. Nevertheless the ebb and flow of the journey will continue, and pray that I am on the right path.

Special shout out to Paige and Dougie, my faithful friends and readers :-)