Welcome 2014!

Jeremiah 29:11-13

For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.

2013 was a year of a lot of highs and really bad lows. But we should not base our lives on just these fragments in time. We have a God bigger than our circumstances and our hopes. 

Yes, 2014 will be a bigger challenge with dad no longer around. That ache will be there for the rest of my life. But God is enough and He has already provided for and above what we need. Not just financially. But in all aspects of our lives.

I woke up this morning with my beautiful daughter and loving husband next to me. Despite all the aches and pain I am in, I am looking forward to meeting my little boy soon. 

In the next days my faith will once more be put in the frontline. My fear should be pushed to the side as I choose to hold on to the Master of my fate. God's will be done. Whatever I fear the most, God is refining me as He did my dad. This will make me stronger in my relationship with Him. May my journey be a living testimony of the goodness of my God.

This year, my prayer is that my walk in the Lord be pure and filled with confidence and courage. To dwell in deeper waters and not just wade in the shallows. To be more involved in my walk and in the people God has sent my way. 

To be the wife that inspires, encourages and be used by the Lord for His purpose in my family. A mother after God's own heart. A leader in the corner of the world God has entrusted me with. To lead as He leads. But to serve at the same time. Strong but with humility and the ability to learn. 

Praying for a wonderful 2014 for us all. May the Lord be glorified!