Where has the time gone??

I can't believe it's been almost 2 months since I last blogged! Wow... Hopefully I can stay up to date now. This time next week, we will be 3 days into 2009! For me, this has been a long and short year, all at the same time. It's the time of year though that we begin to think about the future...the future of what the new year has to hold for us, our hopes, dreams, goals, resolutions and the like...

People look forward to the new year for lots of different reasons. Sometimes, I look at it as just another day--another month, only instead of only remembering to change the month when you write the date you also have to remember to change the year. :-) Some people have already started working on new years resolutions...setting goals and making plans. Me? The new year is definitely going to hold changes, that's for sure. Things that I know will change, and others that I hope to change, but one thing is for sure--God is in control! Not me. I make quite enough of a mess of things and He doesn't need my help. But I don't always remember that as I try to plan things, change things or fix things...I need to remember that He has a plan for me and for everyone and that His plan is perfect, even if it doesn't always seem that way at the moment when you question the purpose or reason for something.

My challenge to myself and to you...make sure that you invite God into this next year. Invite Him into every single day and moment of your life. Call on Him for all things and thank Him for all things. So, as you maybe sit down and think about the approaching new year, consider what God has planned for you, not the other way around.

I hope you had a very blessed and Merry Christmas and I wish you a very safe and happy 2009! May God Bless You!