So HAPPY NEW YEAR! I'm a little late but that's ok. What's the saying?? "Better late than never!"
I absolutely love being refreshed. 2012 is gone! YAY! Sometimes I don't get as excited about a year ending...Some years were soooo good that I had wished I could've kept them longer. 1990, 1995, and 1997 were THE BEST! I had my babies and boy has time gone by way too fast! Some years were terrible and they couldn't end fast enough. 2012 was one of those years. From start to finish there were just bricks on top of bricks thrown on me. It seemed like I was barely getting by in the end. However, 12/31/12 I made it! I made it to the finish line!! YES!
This year I am focusing on one word all year! My word for this 2013 year is.....REDEEMED!
I am REDEEMED! I am so blessed that even in my stress, I've been REDEEMED, in my divorce...I've been REDEEMED, in my fears..I'm being REDEEMED, in my finances...I'm being REDEEMED. Yes!
Ok some days I say I've been redeemed, some days I say that I'm being redeemed. Every day is a new day and some days I need more of a reminder of redemption.
I have no idea what this year has in store for me, I don't know how it will end, but I know that through it all JESUS is guiding me, protecting me, directing me, and loving me. He loves every one of us! He has great plans for us and I cannot wait to see what He's doing in my life and my children!
Happy New Year Friends!
Wanted to share this from Max Lucado.....
Sinners, the ungodly, the imperfect, the
fearful! Why does God choose such losers to change the world? I’m thinking it’s
because there’s a lot more of us to choose from!
God uses people to change the world.
Abraham the liar. David the adulterer and murderer. Are you getting the
picture? What they lacked in perfection, God made up for in love. How can God
possibly use you to make a difference? Look at those He’s already used and take
heart! Because you are imperfect, you can speak of making mistakes. Because
you’re a sinner, you can give testimony to forgiveness. God restores the broken
and the brittle, then parades them before the world as trophies of his love and
strength! If God chose only righteous people, you could count them all on one
finger—Jesus!
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is
a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become
new.” 2 Corinthians 5:17
