Who needs countdowns?

Who needs countdowns? I don't know a better way to pass the year than to spend the last moments of 2006 talking to one of the best friends I've ever had, and resolving one of the most biggest issues I've had to face this year... Thank you. :)

Well it's been a full year. Full of major changes and feelings and events. It's so amazing to see the big picture of things because I see so clearly how God works in my life. A long period around 2004 and 2005 was spent teaching me how to trust Him: problem after seemingly unsolvable problem would come, and every single time each problem would resolve itself entirely on its own. Gradually I saw how true it was the God makes everything work out for my good :) It made me start 2006 with an attitude that I had no reason to worry, that I could have complete confidence in my maker.

It was this confidence that tided me through the huge changes that happened last year. I mean, my future was completely turned upside down and up and around :) And this confidence has made me a better person I think: someone more secure, secure not in myself but in the One who's looking after me; someone more restful and at peace, because problems will come, but none of them are too big for my Daddy to handle.

It was so appropriate that the last service I attended in 2006 was on restfulness. It's so instinctive for us to want to see results from what we do. But really, the life of a Christian is about trusting and resting. You think David killed Goliath with his own strenth? Or that we are saved, equitted of wrongs, because of some paltry good deeds we do? It has never been about us or what we do.

So, 2006 has been amazing. So full of beautiful things! Beautiful times with friends, beautiful images in my mind. It was so full of hopefulness and anticipation and emotions... amazing :)

So 2006 ended resolving something with a dear old friend, and 2007 started with me spending a lot of time with my new baby niece :) She's so adorable! The way she stares at you and smiles and the way she makes those baby noises that make you wanna hug her and look after her for the rest of your life :)

Isn't parenting an amazing thing? Suddenly you have this *life* that you are to take care of. There's a whole future in your arms, and, at least when the future is a baby, she's just very happy to be taken care of entirely. Seeing my new niece and all the new babies in the extended family has got me thinking about what kind of family life I want to have, but that's another story for another time lol

So! 2007 is here! What kind of year will it be? I don't know, but I know this: that I want to be like that baby - resting in my Father's arms, knowing that everything works out for my good...

And that those 3 wishes will be answered! hee!