What A Year!

It is 11:00 as I sit here tonight in my Mother's rocking chair thinking about the past year. In one more hour a new year will commence. What will happen? Will it be better or worse than the past year? I know it has been a very eventful year for Roger and me.

We began our first term as missionaries in Haiti. I can't really say what I expected that to be like but I didn't expect it to be so ordinary. I mean, I have to cook , clean and take care of my husband just like I did before all this started. Teams are not always there. So I have to find ways to fill my days. I described some of that in a previous post, but even that is really more routine and mundane than you would think it should be. What I have actually learned this year is God is not so much interested in what I do as in how I relate, first to Him and then to others. Accomplishing THINGS, TASKS, are no longer my priority. I seek first to know HIM, my savior and to be filled with the knowledge of Him. Then I don't have to worry about what is being done. I just listen for His direction and be obedient to it. Sure does take a lot of the pressure off.

Roger has had a year of kidney stones, actually two years of it. We spent this last day of 2012 at Gadsden Regional Medical Center getting a 7 mm stone busted up. I pray that is the end of that experience! I am ready for a year with no health issues for either of us. Thank You Lord for Your  healing!

The best event this year is named Darcie Faith Johnson! Our Christmas present this year, born December 10 is our first grandchild ! She is beautiful and fills my heart with so much love! We are overwhelmed with the joy of her existence!

So tomorrow we begin 2013. I am not making any resolutions. I am trusting God to direct my steps according to His  perfect will. While there events planned already, (mission teams, teen Bible Study, General Conference), I will not become so focused on them that I forget my first priority is to worship my savior and Lord Jesus Christ.

Join with me in giving God the glory for 2012 and let's continue to give Him the glory in 2013. Happy New Year!