Happy New Year!

Well, here it is January 1, 2012!  I started this year worshiping God with my whole family...which is an answer to prayer.  I took so much away from this mornings service...here are a few of the highlights.
1.  Don't carry the baggage from 2011 into 2012.
2. Worship EVERYDAY, in ALL things.
3. Worship isn't something we attend or something we do...it's who we are.
I'm saying goodbye to a lot more than just a year.  I'm saying goodbye to my home of almost 14 years, to my church of  5 years and in the past couple of years I've had to say goodbye to people I thought I would never have to say goodbye to.  In all these things, I can still look back and see where God has been faithful.  I say I can "look back"...in the moments I couldn't see what on earth He was doing. I have to remember He doesn't ask me to understand...He asks me to have FAITH in the One who is able :)  So here we go...moving forward in faith.  I will not sit here and mull over all the bad the last 2 years has brought..I will look to 2012 with great anticipation of the wonderful things coming our way.  It truly is a year of new beginnings.  It reminds me of

Lamentations 3:22-24  "Because of the LORD’s great love we are not consumed,    for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning;    great is your faithfulness. I say to myself, “The LORD is my portion;    therefore I will wait for him.”  

Isn't that wonderful?  Every day that we are given is a day where His mercies are new and we can start fresh!

So here's to the new and the beginning chapter of Journey 29:11!