A New Year

Well, I never did get any of those half-promised Christmas posts done.  I started a couple but they sort of stalled, and then before I knew it Christmas was over and it was too late.  Just my luck.  Why can't time keep pace with me?  Must it always rush ahead so?

Anyway, I now feel the need to write a New Years post as a means of starting things afresh.  However, I'm not quite sure how to write it.  I thought at first of doing the New Years tag which has been floating around lately, but I was having a hard time coming up with answers to all the questions, so I scratched that idea.  Then I thought about reviewing the past year, month by month, but that is sure to prove very dull indeed as there wasn't much change in my life from one month to another. 

Ah well.  I suppose I could simply say Happy New Year and be done with it. 

...That's lame. 

Think...think...think... 

Alright.  I've got it.  I'll just write a random jumble of stuff--events, thoughts, feelings, whatever--which will hopefully serve to give at least a small picture of what 2015 was like.  And I'll make it a quick one.  Because I seriously intend to beat the 2017 New Year...if I possibly can.  ;)

 

2015: Random Events in My Life

In no Particular Order 

 

~Looking for a job~  ~Weeping over the trials of life~  ~Staying up late; seizing those happy hours with my older set of siblings~  ~Missing my brother and sister away at school~  ~Watching far too many movies, but having a lot of fun doing it~  ~Going crazy (just about every other day)~  ~Finding a job~  ~Enduring it~  ~Relishing Tuesday evenings at my older brother and sister-in-law's home--where good conversation, an adorable nephew, a movie, and chocolate make for a grand evening of fun and relaxation~  ~Visiting relatives~  ~Crying over my inability to express myself in writing~  ~Wasting time on the internet~  ~Starting a blog (for some ridiculous reason)~  ~Writing voluminous e-mails to my brother at school~  ~Realizing that my family is in a continual season of change...children growing up and moving on and all that~  ~Trying to be okay with it~  ~Switching churches~  ~Driving separate cars to church instead of driving altogether in the fifteen passenger van!  (What are we coming to?)~ ~Saying good-bye to the dearest, most fun-loving, grandpa in the world--and yet, thankful to know that death isn't the end, but only the beginning, and that one day we will meet again~ 

 

 

 ~Spending delightful afternoons with my grandma--making Christmas cookies together being one of the happiest memories of the year~  ~Laughing uproariously (because some siblings are just too funny)~  ~Weeping~  ~Rejoicing~  ~Feeling frustrated over the state of our nation and the world in general~  ~Watching too many political debates and feeling frustrated all over again~  ~Discovering that pool--whether you're good at the game or not--is a wonderful means of letting off steam~  ~Having long discussions late into the night with my best friends (Ahem.  That would be my siblings)~  ~Weeping...again.  Because that's what Miss Marches do best~  ~Feeling blessed beyond measure to be surrounded by so many loving family members~ 



 

~Blown away by the strength my parents display, and their faithfulness to God's calling; also overwhelmingly grateful for their constant love and encouragement~  ~Realizing, as I have many times, that those years of learning an instrument were well worth it--being able to play the piano is such a blessing...and such a nice stress reliever, too.  (And, no.  I am not the kind of person who gets stressed easily.  What ever gave you that idea?)~  ~Making big plans for all the things I'm going to accomplish.  (It is the thought that counts, right?)~  ~Thankful for God and how He carries us through life's difficulties~  ~Amazed by how the joys of life can so overshadow the dark times that the dark times are barely remembered~  ~Learning to lean on God more and trust Him with my life~  ~Thankful for another year in which to grow and see God's hand at work~  ~Eagerly anticipating what that New Year will bring~

 

Yes, I know.  I kind of have a thing for cute animal pictures right now.  ;)



Do you not know?  Have you not heard?  The Everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth does not become weary or tired.  His understanding is inscrutable.  He gives strength to the weary, and to him who lacks might He increases power.  Though youths grow weary and tired, and vigorous young men stumble badly, yet those who wait  for the Lord will gain new strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles, they will run and not get tired, they will walk and not become weary. 

~Isaiah 40:28-31

 

"But you, Israel, My servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, descendant of Abraham My friend, you whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called from its remotest parts and said to you, 'You are my servant, I have chosen you and not rejected you.  Do not fear, for I am with you; do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God.  I will strengthen you, surely I will help you, surely I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.'" 

~Isaiah 41:8-10

 

 

Happy New Year!

 

 

~Miss March