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Monday Musings~A Look Back

"The Lord has done great things for us and we are filled with joy." Psalm 126:3

As I look ahead to 2009 and look back on 2008 I can easily say, "Good riddens 2008! Bring on 2009!" I think many of us are happy 2008 is over and ready to start a fresh new year full of new hopes and prospects for a better future. However, I have a much different attitude and perspective than I thought I would. I can actually look back at 2008 and honestly say that the Lord truly has done GREAT things for us!

Yes, we have definitely had some major trials but I would not be where I am or who I am today without them. My trials have taught me so much that I am grateful for: compassion, empathy, appreciation, love, defeat, endurance, patience, being still, trust, letting go of control, a need to help others, and the list goes on. God has also blessed my family with a year of health. Besides the sudden passing of my dear uncle, everyone has been extremely healthy. He has also blessed me with tremendous friends and a support team I couldn't live without. I feel like I've grown closer to my childhood friends and those I love and miss dearly from California. I also am blessed to know so many wonderfully amazing women here in Texas. I NEVER in a million years would've thought I would meet so many beautiful friends so fast when we moved here. My marriage has grown into a stage that I love. God is amazing in allowing me to love and be loved by the man he created just for me. Everyday is a blessing with Scott and I couldn't imagine spending my life with anyone else. Our best friends live two and a half miles away from us. God was the only one who could've arranged that set-up and I am forever grateful and indebted for that. I don't know where our family would be without them in our lives. God has also blessed me with the ability to watch our son grow into this amazing little person. I look at him in awe. I cannot believe His creation and that He has allowed me to be Jackson's mommy. Finally, I cannot ignore the blessing of this pregnancy. I cannot explain to anyone how blessed and humbled I feel that the Lord has enabled me to carry and have another child. It is a thrill beyond words. Every movement I feel is a reminder of how great my God is. I am in disbelief that the hands that created the universe paused to create this precious life inside me. To watch this child grow over the past few months has been nothing short of a miracle!

So, needless to say the Lord has done great things for us and CONTINUES to do great things. I will not allow myself to look back in pity and anger at all the "negative" things life has brought. Instead I choose to look at the greatness life has offered me. How can I not? The Lord is good!

I must share these verses with you in closing. My dear friend, Andrew, who I love and miss so much posted them today on Facebook and I am SO glad he did! Enjoy!

Blessed are those who have learned to acclaim you,
who walk in the light of your presence, O LORD.
They rejoice in your name all day long;
they exult in your righteousness.
For you are their glory and strength,
and by your favor you exalt our horn.
Indeed, our shield [b] belongs to the LORD,
our king to the Holy One of Israel.
Psalm 89:15-18
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The Bullards! said…
I love you friend. I agree that we say good ridence to 2008, hasnt that been what we have been saying for oh, like a year already! LOL! 2009 is going to be great and we will do our darndest to make it great. How can it not, we have lil guppy on the way! I love you
January 7, 2009 at 8:37 AM
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