Here's to a new year..

2010 is gone. 2011 is here. Honestly, the change from one year to the next doesn't have much significance to me. But then I started thinking.. It's a new decade. Never again will I write two zeroes in a row to identify the date. Someday when I have kids [hopefully] I will torture them by making them listen to a radio station called "the early 2000s".

With new beginning often comes a sense of fear. To be honest, until today I was kind of afraid of what this year might possibly bring. However our sermon at church this morning opened my eyes to how I should really feel about 2011.

The funny thing is, our preacher used the chapter in the bible where my favorite verse comes from [Proverbs 3:5-6] and he gave us a list of 11 resolutions we should make this year according to that passage. And honestly, out of the 35 verses in that particular chapter, I had only read about 6 of them. Little did I know, that entire chapter is very important. Of course the whole bible is very important, but everyone has those books and chapters that really help them out.

As much as I would like for everyone to know exactly what my preacher said this morning, I'm not going to type a whole sermon on here. Nor will I write all 11 resolutions that he shared. But I encourage you to read Proverbs 3 and see what you can get out of it to better yourself this year.

As for me, there are two particular resolutions mentioned that I am going to focus on this year.

1. "Trust in the Lord with all your heart." [Proverbs 3:5] This is part of my all time favorite verse, but often I forget that God can take care of any problems that I encounter. I know from experience that if you put a situation in the hands of God and pray about it, He will take care of it. So everytime I have difficult situation this year, I'm going to stop trying to control my own life by fixing my things myself and let God do his job as my creator.

2. "Have no fear." [Proverbs 3:24-26] Like I said earlier, I was slightly afraid of the events that could occur this year. But then I realized that with God by my side all the time, I should have nothing to fear. He will be with me through the best and worse times that may come in 2011.

And if I really trust God with everything I have, why would I have anything to be afraid of!

It's only been two days and I can already tell God is going to do great things in my life in 2011 and for the rest of my life, how ever long that may be. So here's to a new year, and to an amazing God that has allowed us to make it this far.

:)