A New Year

The first day of a new year....so strange. It sorta feels like I just skipped over 2007. It's sort of like a dream! It seems like it flew by. I'll have to get my daily calendar out and remind myself of all that happened. I didn't have time to reflect much today as we just got back from New York and I spent the day unpacking and cleaning and doing laundry. But here we are in a New Year despite the flurry. Every year I think "what will this new year hold?". I spend a little time dreaming about it and wondering and realizing that the past year held things I could never have thought of. And so I suppose this year will be the same. I will sit and wonder and dream, all the time knowing that God has a plan that exceeds my own. It will hold fun, exciting times, new things, sad things, and in the midst of it all.... there He is. He will be there, with me as I walk the days of this year. I am so thankful that I can count on that. Nothing else is sure. But this I know...God loves me and He is with me. So as I think of the next year and what may come, my thoughts don't need to be worrisome ones b/c I know He holds my days in His hands. I can dream and rest in His promise to be with me always...."And SURELY goodness AND mercy will follow me all the days of my life...."