December 31,2010

I can't believe that today is the last day of 2010! This year has really flown by. The old saying goes "time flies when you're having fun", but it also flies when you are stressed to the max and worried about the people you love. It is always interesting to me when I look back and see how God uses difficulties in our lives to show us a path we should take in the future. I have seen that I have the capacity to be strong for those around me facing the loss of a very dear loved one. I have found that I thrive caring for someone that has always been my caretaker. I have realized that although I have never wanted to be a teacher, I have been one for the last fifteen years. But I think the most profound thing I have learned about myself this year is that I put stumbling blocks in the path the I want to take due to fear. Fear is a strong weapon satan uses to keep us from seeing God's plan for our lives. If we constantly give into that fear then we in some ways become followers of the evil one. Having said that I realize that the upcoming year is really going to test my resolve to not be as I have been in years past, fearful. So I have chosen a word that will be my "mantra" for 2011...FEARLESS. I will be fearless in the knowledge that God is with me in every step I take, in every decision I make, in every thought I think, in every word that comes from my mouth, in every thing He is my shield of FEARLESSNESS!