Its a New Day

Analia Grace Wood Praise the Lord for his sweet grace to Mike & Karen on the quick and safe arrival of their little girl born on Monday, January 25, 2010 @ 11:45pm 8lbs 4oz 22inches long

Now what??? I'm not really sure if I've been able to really do much on my list for the year. Have I been kinder - I've tried. (it probably helps that I missed 2 weeks of church so I didn't have opportunity to NOT be kind). Devotions - not what I'd like them to be. Trusting God, knowing he is Sovereign over all things - still learning. I have been talking with someone about the Sovereignty of God - something that I need to keep learning over and over - and how he is really in control of all things. Nothing happens without him knowing. He is accountable to no one - he is perfect. He is all powerful, limitless, infinate and does nothing that is against his holy character. He can carry out his own holy will in all things. God's love always wills what is best for me and has the power to bring it about. Nothing is too small or trival to escape his notice and nothing is so great it is beyond his power to control it. He rules over all areas of my life. How wonderf...

2010 It is hard to believe that it is actually 2010. I remember when it was 1980, 1990, 2000 and now 2010. It seemed like it was so far away but looking back it has gone by quickly. At the start of a new year it is usually a time when people reflect on the past year - What did you want to accomplish? What didn't you do? What could you have done better or worse? As I start a new 'chapter' this year, I was thinking about 2009 and am amazed (though I shouldn't be) at God's grace inspite of my failures. 2009 was a difficult year for me medically speaking. From June to December I think I worked 1 full week. Most weeks I spent at least 1 day in bed with a migraine. I've been full of self pity - thinking of all the things that I wish I could do, people I wanted to visit with and places to go. I put pressure on myself - being more concerned about what 'man' thought of me than my Father and paid the price. The one thing that I can cleary see looking back a...