New Year Resolutions?

I never really liked the idea of New Year resolutions that I may or may not keep, but as I think about the year coming to an end, I am reminded of how many things I could do better or spend more time working on - like my relationship with God. My first wedding anniversary is coming up in a couple of weeks, and I'm thinking about how this year has gone, and how much better it would have been if God had been the very center of every moment. That's what I want for next year - a meaningful relationship with God that will bring my husband and me even closer than we already are.

Homesick

Have you ever gone on a long trip, and missed home? Have you ever wished you were somewhere else? Or wondered if you made the right choices? I got married a little less than six months ago, and we moved away from anyone or anything I ever knew. I'm not second-guessing whethere I married who God had for me, but I miss what used to be home. Then this reminds me, that this world is not our home, and we should be homsick for Heaven. Moving here to Colorado has caused me to evaluate my relationship with Christ. I want to go deeper. I want to have the most intimate relationship with Christ. What about you? Do you evaluate where your priorities are in relationships? Who do you what to be closest to. I've found that it doesn't matter where I live - I can always grow closer to Christ.

My Brother

My Brother

Oh brother of mine
Oh brother so true
What did I
Ever do to you

That you would hurt me
And leave me here
Sitting alone
With you to fear

They told me don't trust you
I'd only get burnt,
But I didn't listen
I was already hurt

Now I still love you
And I miss you, too
This lesson I learned
Was to forgive you.

The poem "My Brother" was my way of expressing that I had no hardfeelings about the past with my older brother who I had not had a good relationship with. Each time he hurt me, people, includingmy family would tell me not to trust him if he didn't earn it, but I kept trusting him, and he kept getting more and more violent, and terrifying me. this poem is an expression of the forgiveness God enabled me to give.

My New Life

Wow! I have now been married for a month and a half. We are in Colorado, and I have a new job. God is so good to us. My husband got his old job back as soon as we got here, and it took less than a month for me to find a job. Our wedding went well. the croud was significantly smaller than we expected, due to a flu epedemic in the area, but those that made it helped make it memorable... We got a number of great pictures to rememberthe occation and share with others.

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