Welcome, 2011

Quiet. All I can hear is the hum of my laptop, & amidst this quiet, not much is rustling through my mind, but I have been sporadically pondering what twenty-eleven will look like…I have yet to think of New Year’s “Resolutions,” because I never keep them, but I’ve resolved thus far to take this- this life- one day at a time. Even that is hard.

One day. A lot can change in one day. A lot of people die in one day. A lot of people are born in one day. And these are just two events amongst a bazillion that a single human being could experience in a day’s time. How about 365 days? How differently does your life look now than it did January 6, 2010? Mine looks much different. The Lord has given, & He has taken away. May He be praised.

I foresee much change this next year, & if I may be honest, it scares me. I don’t know what the Lord has in store for those around me, our relationships, our time together. I don’t know what He has in store for my life, my time, my future. I feel as if I can kind of guess, but even then, I remember that my God is not a time line I have written. My God is not myself. Although my heart would love to plot out each day’s agenda, plan all important events, & live according to a schedule, I can't do that. I cannot put my hope in life as it has been or how I want it to be. I can only be founded in the hope of Christ in me, the hope of glory & live a life that glorifies Him.

So, as this year continues, I am set on becoming a woman devoted to the expansion of the Gospel, selfless in my actions and thoughts, obsessed with communicating with the God Most High, intent on spending time with the Lover of my soul every single day. These are just a few thoughts I have conjured up this morning, but mostly, I have decided that each day I wake up, I must decide who or what I am going to put my hope in. Who will be my foundation this year? I want to be founded in Christ. I really do.

Change cannot make me uneasy in 2011 as Christ is the foundation of my times (Isaiah 33:6). In Him, I will put my hope. In Him, I will stand. I am sure of these things, & I can't wait to see what this year brings!

 

(P.C.: pennyweight. Love her blog!)

When the world has fallen out from under me,
I'll be found in you, still standing.
When the sky rolls up and mountains fall on their knees,
When time and space are through,
I'll be found in you.

I hope you have a pretty 2011!