"We will open the book. It's pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year's Day."
- Edith Lovejoy Pierce
This year has been enormous in the puzzle that is my life. The year LITERALLY began with a bang! Andrekus proposed to me at Midnight on January 1st. The year otherwise began as usual - both of us juggling work and school, trying our best to catch a glimpse of each other before we closed our eyes at night. But that proposal changed me.
We always get lost in the chaos of our crazy lives, but this year God had different plans. In early September, we got the call that Dad had a stroke in Iran while visiting family. God moved in our family as I had never felt. I heard him - really heard him - for the first time in my life, and it changed me.
So this year has been anything but a yawn. It has been monumental. I have been changed, both in a way that I hoped, as well as in a way that I could never have imagined. God is unfolding his plan for our lives one moment at a time, and I am so excited to see what he has planned for 2009! Thank you God for our many blessings and our wonderful family and friends in 2008. 2009, Here we come!
1 comment:
Amen, sister. God's plans are always good, for our good. I will watch with anticipation as he unfolds your lives together -- it's coming soon little bride!!
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