Wednesday, December 21, 2011
The Year of Change
Wednesday, December 21, 2011 |
This year is to be a year of change. On the outside things look fairly settled. My husband and I work and strive to provide a home for our family while paying off bills and saving for retirement. My son is working part time while he pursues a career in writing. My son-in-law is settled in his disability and plans for the future as he sees how this new medication will effect his MS. My daughter is settled into a full time job that while it is a very long commute is a blessing. My youngest is still looking for a job and working on her music trying to find what it is that God wants her to do.
And then I found the focus for the year in my devotions. It comes from the unlikely book of Jeremiah and not from my favorite passage in Jeremiah.
Jeremiah 46:27-28 "But you, dear Jacob my servant, you have nothing to fear. Israel, there's no need to worry.
Look up! I'll save you from that far country, I'll get your children out of the land of exile. Things are going to be normal again for Jacob, safe and secure, smooth sailing. Yes, dear Jacob my servant, you have nothing to fear.
Depend on it, I'm on your side. I'll finish off all the godless nations among which I've scattered you, But I won't finish you off. I have more work left to do on you. I'll punish you, but fairly. No, I'm not finished with you yet."
The first thing to note is that I have nothing to fear. There is no need to worry. My time and energy will be better spent in praying for my family. My mind should center around doing what God has set before me. And I will have time to do all that I need to do.
Please God, help me to spend my energy on praising you and doing what you have for me to do. Send me forward and organize my tasks and my time to accomplish your works in my life.
Secondly, my family will return from the land of exile, from that far country where they have been. God will provide a way for each member of my family to rejoin the family of God and our family in their hearts. They will be blessed this year in ways that were thought no longer possible. Joy and love will ring through our home. Life will become more integrated with each other and with our God. God's spirit of love and healing will fill our home.
Thank you God for this promise and we will hold you to it. You promised that we would come home to you completely and fully. We only need to put our trust in you, in your grace and your bounty. You long to fill us with your peace. You long to hold us in your hands and your heart. You want to keep us secure in your haven of rest. Thank you for your love and for bringing that to us this year.
Thank you God that you are on our side. You have more work left to do on us. You are not finished with us yet. We are yours. Help us to open our wills to your word. Help us to open our hearts to your love. We long to trust you with our whole lives. We long to believe that you will keep us safe and secure. We are trusting in you that you will provide for us everything that we need for this next year. And at the end of the year we will praise you for the journey of change you have brought us through.
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- Anna
- Web Consultant, Writer, Blogger Anna is the author of Driving with Anna devotional books, including Surviving Life and In Search of Me. Anna also writes copy for small businesses and blogs. She specializes in topics on Christian living and working perspectives, parenting and education. Anna writes regularly on Examiner.com under Parenting and Education in Costa Mesa and Teen Parenting using experience from homeschooling her children over 6 years and volunteering in the local high school for 10 years. She also has volunteered with her church's 3 year olds and high school ministry at different times over the years. She maintains the two blogs Driving with Anna and Nourish Your Heart. Her other websites center around her passion for helping women re-enter the workforce and create a career for which they are passionate. The other websites include Helping Women Stay Home, Caring Industries and Templates 4 Small Biz and contain relevant how to articles. As an experienced web developer/designer she is always searching out new ways to market websites through design, content and social media.
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1 comments:
How truly inspiring, Anna. No matter what goes awry in our lives, somehow centering on trusting God makes it all come together. I liked the way you gave the organization to God. It isn't organized in the name of me, but the name of God.
Love you....