Thought For The Year...

Earlier this month, I received the traditional new year letter of a sweet and dear friend. Throughout the letter she wrote of her family's joys and heartaches of 2008, and what she called being brought "square in the face with the mystery of God's timing and will."

As I look to 2009 with anxious and hopeful anticipation towards all the things I'm praying God will provide, change, help me and Trav accomplish... many things that he will just "work out" in general, I was especially grateful and encouraged to have read my friend's thoughts... and wanted to pass them along.

She closed her letter by saying, "We pray this is a year when we learn to wait gracefully on God, as we recall all the blessings we already enjoy." That will most certainly be my prayer, dear friend. Thank you.

But as for me, I watch in hope for the Lord.

I wait for God my Savior; my God will hear me." (Micah 7:17)