As the year begins, I realize that – as always – God is doing something new. For those around me, things seem to be changing rapidly. One friend is moving out of state, another and her husband are planting a new church and have added a 14 year old to their family, another has taken up working out (and has lost several pounds no less), and yet another is struggling to help a teenage child stay on course in these final months of high school.
For me, God is creating new things as well. I am working toward a certificate in fitness training, am back in school preparing for the certificate, am taking a hiatus from ministry, and have met a very wonderful man. More over, he has two children potentially opening up a whole new world within my world! Yikes and wow!
I ponder all of this change with a mixture of anticipation and excitment, and quite honestly a bit of mourning too. God is moving people away and that’s hard. He is also moving people nearer to me and that’s wonderful. He is growing me again which has its ups and downs. Change is the constant.
What I’ve come to realize though, is that through it all, God is still the same – steadfast, true, loving, sovereign, and so so very good. He still loves me with that “as far as the east is to the west” kind of enduring love. For that I am thankful and humbled because I know I do not deserve his devotion or dedication.
Happy New Year. I pray that this year will be one of change for all of us, for in those moments we can draw nearer to God and know Him more.
His love and mine,
Sue
