It’s funny how I viewed the arrival of 2009. In my opinion, 2008 was complete crap for us. So it was with great relish that I embraced the turning of the calendar in to a new year.
But what does that really mean? Can I honestly say that 2008 was really bad when I have a roof over my head and a healthy family? Did my circumstances shape 2008, or did my attitude? I’m beginning to believe that it was my attitude all the way. I’m the reason why I did not enjoy most of last year. And I will doom myself to the same fate if I see the turning of a man-made calendar as a way to believe that this year is better.
What have I put my faith in? Is my faith in a new year, all the while knowing that God exists outside of time? Is my faith in my circumstances and as long as I have no hassles, then everything is good? Good and bad – those two little words that sprang forth from the Garden of Eden. We use those words to judge everything, and then we allow those judgments to control our attitude. (I say we because surely I am not the only one. 
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So here we are, two short weeks into 2009. We have gotten word that my husband’s company is going to lay everyone off for the first week of the month for the next three months. He can drain his vacation time or take unemployment pay for two of the weeks.
What will I choose to do with this? Will I decide that 2009 sucks as well because it sure is starting out that way? Or will I choose to rejoice in the fact that Fred has a job? Will I realize that our calendar and our plans and structures are so very temperal and that I would be much better off letting them go? Truly walking in God’s Kingdom would break the chains to these things and bring so much peace – in the world but not of it.
Stay tuned, I’ll let you know!
