2008, here I come!

You know, it probably says a lot of bad things about me that it took Mom promising to take up knitting to get me to blog, but there you have it: weekly blogs from now on, as per my end of the bargain.

A lot has happened this year, most of it not so fun, but here at the end of December I can look back and see the refining work God has been doing in my life; and believe me, there was plenty of dross to be skimmed off, and plenty more where that came from. I've realized that I needed to get some things straightened out in my own heart and in my daily walk with the Lord, people and habits I needed to get free of, and complacent laziness that needed to be dealt with, before I can be ready for the work God is preparing me for, and before I can become the woman he created me to be. It's been a tough year, but now all's said and done, I couldn't be more grateful for His loving grace to save me from not only Hell in death but anything short of Heaven in life, His perfect plan for me, not the pretty good one I'd wind up settling for if He didn't love me enough to save me from myself.

I've spent AD 2007 discovering who I am and who God is, and rediscovering the great need for prayer and fellowship in order to experience the vibrant and abundant life my Father had intended for me from before the foundation of the world, and will continue on this journey of discovery, self- and otherwise, through AD 2008.

Speaking of which... (Stop rolling your eyes; you knew it was coming...)

Resolutions to Break in 2008

1. Post a new blog at least once a week

2. Go to bed earlier

3. Pray more fervently, more effectively, and more often

4. Get back in fellowship with other believers my age and stop being such a hermit

5. Start running on a regular basis

6. Start saving money

7. Stop buying stuff

8. Add more traditional Japanese foods to my diet

9. Finish my Sailor Sweater

10. Stop waiting until the last possible minute to do my Women's Inductive Bible studies

See, now I've started, I don't want to stop, and I have so many things to blog about: the awesome stuff my awesome family gave me this awesome Christmas, the awesome fleece sweater I sewed for Mystery with my awesome new sewing machine, the awesome results I'm seeing after several sessions with my awesome personal trainer, my awesome plans for redoing my bedroom, my awesome "Specialtea" recipe using awesome teas I found this December and Silk light chocolate and vanilla soymilk...

But alas! all this will have to wait for a later post (and a photo shoot now that I finally have batteries for my digicam). So for now, I bid you adieu.