So…2009 seems to be going well (so far). I am so excited to be starting a new year in my life – and a new chapter. Yeah, I know its only been a few days since we started the new year, but this coming year is so highly anticipated and I am looking forward to the great things that are going to happen in 2009!
I had absolutely no plans for New Years Eve until the last minute, but it gave me a chance to go to church one last time in 2008. I thought I might as well end my bad year in a good place – and it was a good thing I did. The Pastor’s sermon was wonderful and I will leave you with this bible passage. I hope it will bless you just as much as it has blessed me.
Lamentations 3:19-30 (The Message Bible)
I’ll never forget the trouble, the utter lostness, the taste of ashes, the poison I’ve swallowed. I remember it all – the feeling of hitting the bottom. But there’s one other thing I remember, and remembering, I keep a grip on hope. God’s loyal love couldn’t have run out, His merciful love couldn’t have dried up. They’re created new every morning. How great is your faithfulness! I’m sticking with God; He’s all I got left. God proves to be good to the man who passionately waits, to the woman who diligently seeks. It’s a good thing to quietly hope, quietly hope for help from God. It’s a good thing when you’re young to stick it out through the hard times. When life is heavy and hard to take, go off by yourself. Enter the silence; bow in prayer. Don’t ask questions – wait for hope to appear. Don’t run from trouble – take it full-face. The “worst” is never the worst.
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