January 6 2015

January 6 2015 Greetings My Friend Since this is the 6th of January already I find myself mulling what this year will bring me. For me when I retired and my health went south, we moved 2 times in 2 years I have been building back up to the point I am able to move through life again. I can’t move like I once did but I am moving and doing and my days feel full and good. Since reaching this new state of being able to move about again I start to ponder where my life journey and my faith journey will take me now. I ask myself what are the goals that I have and am I listening to God’s direction? When I follow God’s lead I know that I will enjoy the journey much more than trying to do life on my own steam. My focus for so long has been “get back to some sort of doing”. I have reached that level and now I think of more goals to achieve. I want to be still and reach out to people in my community. I have enjoyed some new friendships from doing so. I love seeing someone who was lost find their footing and go on to having a productive life. I pray this is still part of the work God wants me to do. If it is not I know that whatever He wants me to do I will find satisfaction in it. I learned to get onto instagram last year and used it mainly to post pictures to Facebook. I am starting to see that this is another outlet to meet people, to share pictures with others and even to share my faith. I’d also like to delve further into Twitter. I see some more growing and learning as part of my journey in life. As I get excited about new endeavors I look back and find myself wanting to continue to grow in my relationship to Junior. I still want to be the wife he needs not what I deem he needs. My prayer for my marriage will be a huge part of my journey this year. I also want my relationship with God to continue to grow deeper so I want to continue reading my Bible, digging deeper into the questions that my mind comes up with and of course attempting to have many conversations with God. By doing this I believe I will have “ears that hear and eyes that see” God’s plans for me. Deep down I also pray this is the year that my children and I can overcome the divide that divorce has brought to our lives. I pray my daughter will let me back into her life and my son and I will be able to grow our relationship deeper as well. I pray I get to know my grandchildren more so as well. In God’s timing though, not mine. The renovations are still going on in our home so I pray that I will start to see our home finished looking and being fully lived in. I pray this year Junior can get the yard going with his gardening and landscaping. I believe we will be further along for sure, seeing the end in sight is another thing. We will see where this year’s work will take Junior and I learn how to keep our whole home clean and running efficiently. I look forward to some more decorating and that is a job I love to do. I am excited to see where this year will take me. May God bless you and keep you make His face shine on you. Love Janet