Welcome 2012!

Yes, I know I'm ten days late and I was supposed to think all this through before now, but I have to tell you, your predecessor  threw me under the bus there at the last and I really couldn't think about you.

I guess it's only fitting that 2011 went out on a loud note for me.  In a way, 2011 was just LOUD for me.  There was the wedding, there were the business and financial issues, there were people coming and going so fast that I thought our door was a high speed fan.  There were great blessings, and there were great sorrows.

And there was God.  I have to tell you, the only reason any of the other made sense, let alone worked out, was because of Him.  It's like everything bad you threw at me, He turned it into good, even the broke ribs you left me hurting with as you whimpered off into the history books.

So I welcome 2012.  I don't know if this year will be any better, but you know, that don't matter.  I know the One who created and controls time, and I know how the story ends, whether it ends with you or one of your children . . . so it's ok.  I welcome you, I embrace you, and while I don't dare hope you'll be kinder and gentler (after all, raw dependence on God does have it's benefits) I look forward to walking with and through the coming months with you.