2012 was one heck of a ride.
Man it's crazy to think about how much happened in the last year!
The events of 2012 broke me in so many ways: physically, emotionally, and spiritually.
I was touched by cancer, heartbreak, confusion, anger, bitterness, depression, and the list goes on...
But those things are not what I see when I look back over the year.
Instead I see how I was touched by God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
I experienced healing, was given clarity and peace, was taught more fully how to trust, how to forgive and how to rejoice daily, and was given so many other amazing gifts it would take me quite some time to speak of them all.
I was deeply impacted by an active God who sent me the best of friends at just the right times.
He sustained me and renewed me.
He kept His promises to be with me through fire.
He gave me peace beyond understanding.
He whispered to me words of comfort in my pain and danced with me in my joy.
He answered prayers and fulfilled dreams.
He has turned my weeping into dancing time and time again.
His pursuit is unending.
This year may not have been what I was expecting. It was certainly not what I would have chosen if you had asked me a year ago to describe my ideal 2012. But, when do things ever turn out exactly how we want or plan? After all, God did say:
"As the heavens are higher than the earth,So I thank God for His ways in 2012 and look forward to His ways working through 2013 and beyond!
so are My ways higher than your ways
and My thoughts than your thoughts." ~Isaiah 55:9
I would also like to thank each of you who made my year what it was.
I was just reading over some of the many notes I received during the summer and they made me cry once again.
The love I've received this year both in response to news of cancer and in general has been immeasurable.
I want you to know that I love you all and am filled with gratitude from the bottom of my heart for the blessings that I came to know in 2012.
<3 HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE! <3
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