Hope For 2020
As long as I am ever evolving, things are good.
This holiday season has me reflecting and looking forward with so much hope and excitement. My reflections always lead to life lessons, this process used to leave me super focused on what I need to change about myself but this past year something shifted in me. This year I realized that everything that makes me unique, even the odd things, even the failures, those characteristics are my powers, my power lies here. Embracing myself in this new way has allowed me to move forward and not be held back by where I have been or even where I am right now. As they say, our past does not define our future.
Instead of looking at a personal characteristic and considering it’s hinderance on my life, I now look at it critically considering how it could propel me forward. This shift in mindset is so freeing and a reminder to me that everything is a gift and that with the guidance of my Heavenly Father “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me” Philippians 4:13.
I have obviously been listening to a lot of Christmas music over the last two months, the lyrics from “When You Believe” by Mariah Carey & Whitney Houston keep playing in my head. You know when you know the words to a song so well and you sing it over and over and don’t even pay attention to what you are saying but then eventually the words hit you and its like WOW! This is the case for this song and me this Christmas, specially the chorus below:
There can be miracles
When you believe
Though hope is frail
Its hard to kill
“Though hope is frail, its hard to kill” AMEN! I love this statement. My hope can be frail but it can not be killed. This being said, this is why I need my daily Bible study, time at church, worship music and YouTube videos of awesome sermons so that my faith can continually be strengthened. We can’t just have hope fuelled by holiday spirit the last two months of the year, we need it all year long.
Every Christmas I ponder how to keep that Christmas spirit alive all year long, I actually ponder this guys.
I know this post is all over the place but hang in there with me.
I am not sure I have completely figured it out but I am getting closer. Strengthening my relationship with the Lord, through studying the word helps me to recognize His voice over any other voice in this world. Hearing His voice and knowing who He is, helps me to walk my own path, the unique path I was designed to walk. I get distracted sometimes by the other voices that surround me but those daily devotions and time with God continue to feed my faith. And more and more, I can step into the uniqueness of me, even the parts I was uncomfortable in because they made me feel extra different.
Once stepping into that, oh the freedom that comes! More and more the adventure grows, the faith strengthens and I am ready! Ready for more, expectantly waiting for what might be next, the plan God has for me. Not only does this give me fulfillment, I know that living out your destiny inspires others to search out their own, I know this from the amazing people who have inspired my life. We all need to be our trailblazer to help others blaze theirs.
Christmas and New Years is a time of reflecting but these one days won’t change everything, doing good things everyday will continue to change the path I am on.
Happy New Year
Audrey
