Christmas 2012

It’s Christmas Eve. I have purchased gifts. I still need to wrap them. I have to say I don’t think I have spent much time with Christmas music and the Holiday Fire Log going. It’s not that I am dreading Christmas so much as I am focusing on other things.

This year I took an epic vacation. I will remember that road trip for the rest of my life. A friend and I drove all the way to PEI and back. It was wonderful. I felt so free. I had a sense I was recharging for things to come.

The fall has been crazy. I have been struggling with some health issues like never before. As I have struggled I have learned more about God and his care of me. I have let go of a bunch of stuff that doesn’t matter. I am learning to trust. I can’t make things better on my own so I have been reaching out and asking for help.

As the New Year begins, I will start a new position of Senior Business Analyst. I am excited to get back to being a BA. I have missed having the ability to help people and find solutions to problems.

If I had to characterize this year in terms of faith, I would talk about incarnation. God (Jesus) is with us. There are so many times when I got to the end of myself and God has sent people to pull me up. I am so grateful for that.

I know that I will look at this as a year of transition. I have learned to be kinder to myself and not to rely on my own strength. Last year I had a bunch of resolutions and I am pretty sure that I didn’t accomplish any of them. What I gained instead is the knowledge that I am not forgotten. My challenges matter to God.

I was just watching a popular television show and they were talking about friends. Having friends is a predictor of health and longevity. I am so blessed to have so many friends. And with that I wish you all a year of Happy Beginnings!

Misty

2012