New Perspective

I bought myself some reading glasses a few months ago and boy oh boy has that been a real game changer for me when it comes to seeing things more clearly. Whether its the new glasses or the fact that I’m approaching my mid-40s, I sure have hit a spot in life where reflection feels like medicine to the soul.

Hopefully with each new year I’ve gained a bit of wisdom to go along with the hardships life has brought me and I’ve taken the appropriate steps and applied some new things along the way. I’d like to think that’s true.

I heard something in church a few weeks ago that really resonated with me. Pastor Bill said something along the lines of this…

Life seems to be a series of tests we go through. So often we have to keep taking the same test until we finally pass.

At the beginning of every new year I ask God for a word to focus on throughout the year and this year my word is the word:

A W A I T - To anticipate, expect, hope (for) wait (for).

Romans 8:25 says But if we hope for what we do not see, we await (it) eagerly with patient endurance.

As I look ahead, I get pretty excited to think that maybe I’ve passed a few tests by now and He’s ready to take us some place really really good.

How about you?? Are you ready for something fresh and new or do you sense that it may be another year of learning?