Suddenly its 2007

Happy New Year to all.
As I started the New Year sleeping in, I enjoyed the fact that I have a warm bed to sleep in despite the barking of Dassah (my dog)who insisted in going out this morning on her regular schedule. I spent the day doing some small things around the house including taking down my outdoor Christmas lights (tonight I glanced around the still lit up neighborhood to realize I must not be trying hard to fit in) I will update you regarding when their lights disappear (hopefully before Valentine's day) I also lit my first fire in the fireplace tonight. (I will need to practice further cause mine wasn't nearly as nice as Janelle & Josie's but it did warm up the living room and it was fun to hear the wood popping and crackling.

Lindsay and Tim came down for a day this weekend. It was fun to see them and hang out with Kendra and Trevor and get my butt wipped yet again in Trivial pursuit. (this years personal flub duh... Intel Inside is the logo for Pentium -- at least I can still remember Hyper tech markup language is what HTML stands for from last year)

But on another note I thought about what I had heard on Sunday. They challenged us to praise God for what He has already done for us in 2007. Since God has this impossible to understand talent, of existing outside of time, He already knows what will happen this next year and has already prepared things for us to do and blessings for us to have. I considered the fact that as I praise for these now, I have to have Faith that he knows the difficult things as well as the blessings He has for us. I have to trust that He will do what is best for me in the best timing as long as I am obedient to him. ( On that note of obediance and faith, God help me to be more like Daniel than Jonah or the Isrealites in the desert.)
Starting off the year with a great big worship party and a teaching on Elisha and the well to do lady who served him. She was blessed with a son, his miraculous resurection, the Godly warning to leave the land prior to the famine, and the return of her land plus the income from the land while she had been gone was a great lesson full of challenges to act out in faith/service and to pursue God for those things we desperately need.

May you all have time to recognize what God has done for you and praise Him for what He is going to do.

A special prayer goes out to Ryan and Jen. May God surround you with His peace, his wisdom, His presence, and His balm of Gilead... Here's a link to their blog for updates. Please keep them in your prayers.