Met With Perfect Pleasure

No New Year's resolutions for this girl. I don't usually make them, though each year I ponder resolving to exercise more and eat less. But those ponderings never form into full blown resolutions. It seems to me that by resolving to do more of something or less of another, that I am reflecting back on areas of regret. Things I didn't do well enough. Things I indulged in a shouldn't have. And so the New Year is entered with a sense of condemnation because I am resolving to do what I have failed to do each year before.
But New Year's Day carries with it a fresh start, a new beginning. God in His goodness and mercy has granted me another day to live and bring Him glory. With that are His promises that He will continue to do His work in me. I can reflect back on the past year and see that He has done great things my life and my family. He has shown His faithfulness.
When I look back on the thoughts I had for what 2007 would bring, I really had no idea how the year would unfold. I anticipated that our family would relocate to another city in our province but God has kept that door firmly shut. I anticipated closing the year with a new pregnancy; the year began with that gift instead.
This New Year begins with no resolutions because I have no idea what the plans God has for us are; the circumstances that we will find ourselves walking through. Past experience tells me that I don't have the power of prediction. But I am grateful for the hope that this New Years Day carries due to the past faithfulness of the Lord and the assurance that He continue to do the work He has begun because I can see how He has worked in the past. So from my family to yours,