New Year

"A NEW YEAR, 365 gifts to unwrap. Some brightly packaged in ribbons & bows, fun & laughter filled. Some simple, presented in brown a bag yet holding treasure we'll cherish a lifetime. Some dark & foreboding in thier stark wrapping holding tears & new lessons. Some elegant with special paper we'll see only once in events & landmarks we never forget. Each a gift of God, may His Hand help us unwrap them one at a time."

This is a post one of my friends posted on facebook. I really liked it. It's hard to be thankful for the hard and trying times in our lives, but they are the ones that make us stronger and they are the one's we learn the most from! God never said life would be easy, in fact he told us the opposite! However, he has shown that our trials, tribulations and struggles will be well worth it. In meeting tonight we heard that a new year is 365 new todays and that's exactly how I want to view this next year. The thought of a new year and all it can bring is frightening, exciting and could make a person panic, but if we/I take it one day at a time we can make it! Another thought that was shared was that if we were told last year on December 31st what last year would bring we probably wouldn't have believed it and would have felt that we didn't have the strength or nerve to face it. This is why we don't know the future, and we aren't guarenteed one either. I would just like to take each day for what it is and learn from it good, bad or indefferent.