I would say this Christmas, is the best yet :) Nothing extra special has happened, nor has anything especially bad in the past, this one is just better. I say this, because every year, things are just a little better. Whether it's trials that have taught us, or additions to life that have changed things...things just keep getting better.
There are a few things specifically different this year. First and most important, my family and I continue to grow spiritually, an enormous blessing. This year has brought many of those changes. Secondly, we have some new members to our family! My sister's boyfriend Carson, and their daughter Taryn, as well as My Aunt Sandi are new for the most part to our lives this year. I'm so thankful for the big family that I have, that is constantly growing! And thirdly, we've grown closer to important friends and people in our lives. These past few years have brought amazing new friendships to our whole family, and this last year has strengthened them.
Looking back on this year, I feel much gratitude. Not everything was rainbows and roses, but that is never the case. God is still in control of everything, using it all for His glory*...and that fact has become even more apparent as the year passed. A few Sundays ago, during advent we studied how "Emmanuel", God with us, means that He is with us, always. Isaiah 45 "I form light and create darkness, I make well-being and create calamity, I am the LORD, who does all these things". Knowing that has changed my outlook on several things, and is such a blessing. That is why this year was better than all the rest :)
*Daniel 2: 20-22 "Blessed be the name of God forever and ever, to whom belong wisdom and might
He changes the times and seasons; He removes kings and sets up kings;
He gives wisdom to the wise, and knowledge to those who have understanding;
He reveals deep and hidden things, He knows what is in the darkness, and the light dwells with him"
(Such a testament to His sovereignty! The whole book of Daniel revolves around that fact-that He is sovereign above all)
No comments:
Post a Comment