So we've successfully made it to the end of the 1st day of 2012... It seems like quite an appropriate time to blog.
Everyone decides to make some kind of New Years resolution around this time and lets be honest, most will power through for a couple of weeks until they have to make some kind of compromise and suddenly that chocolate that you gave up is now sat on your hips. All jokes aside, the New Year is always a good time to take a step back and take a look at where you've been, where you are now, and where you are heading. Last night, (not to brag or anything) but we really did have the best party ever. When the night was over I could feel my cheeks aching because I couldnt help but smile the whole night!
The place looked great, the food was great, the music was great, the company was fabulous! & You'd think that was enough to get me excited but the truth is, I've never been as excited as I am now about the potential that this year has.
Up until now, i've lived my life in yearly stages, September to September. Every year has been planned out for me by school planners and programmes but right now I'm learning that I'm not confined to yearly change. Change can come next month, next week, even tomorrow. For some people, this might seem quite scary. I know I like to have everything planned out. I'm one of those people who will happily make a list to plan out my day. So the thought of not knowing what the near or distant future holds could potentially scare me.
However, I can't remember ever being as excited for life as I am now. For me, 2012 holds so many uncertainties, nothing is concrete. But there is one thing I'm sure of, and that is that I serve a God who is first of all good and has the perfect plan for my life. So I have no reason to be scared, instead I put my full trust in Him who is without limits. That's not to say that I'm going to sit around and wait for something good to come my way.
Proverbs 16:9 says "In his heart a man plans his course, but the Lord determines his steps." Trusting in God for my future doesn't mean I take a back seat and just go along for the ride. God delights in making plans with us. I planned to go to university next September to become a midwife. I didn't get in to any of the Universities I'd hoped to and suddenly the whole career path I had planned seems a million miles away. I should be worried right? Wrong. I made a plan, God's directing my steps.
I still hold on to His promises and the vision He has given me. So I will do what I do best and continue to make my plans and allow God to direct my steps. You see, He loves me so much that He would willingly give me the desires of my heart. He may take me on a journey to get me there but I know that He works all things together for my good and for His glory.
I hope you're starting to understand why I'm just a little excited right now.
Whether I reach my goals the way I expected or not doesn't really matter because I can stand firm on the promises of God that He has a good plan for me that gives me a hope and a future.
So my new years resolution is this;
Not to compromise on the promises of God but to keep moving forward into all that He has for me.
What's yours?
