Welcome 2012!!!

It's the first day of the new year and I got to say, I am bursting with new hope for this year. Like surprises that are just ready to unfold, I sense a fresh excitement all over again. Like a kid in toyland who just sees every possibility of having every toy in the store.

But before I get all the excitement get into me, i'd like to pause for a moment and reflect on what the previous year has been for us.

We spent a special before-the-year-ends-clean-up day in our apartment, and seeing all the junk that we have to get rid off, I kind of wondered what the year has brought us over the course of 365 days. I got the chance of sorting through mountain piles of paperwork, those from our school, from work, bills and everything in between. Even though I wanted to be done sifting through it all in about 2 hours time, I can't seem to avoid reading every paper or document. It was like seeing all these stuff that reflected our life for a year. And one thing I realized is that God has been faithful to us through time. I looked back on our list of our prayer concerns for this year, and true enough He has answered some of them (maybe others are on the waiting list yet), but those answered prayers are just what we asked for. Because of that, I renewed my trust in the Lord that He really does answer our prayer. Maybe in the moment I can't understand what is happening, and most of the time I question my situation, but I just have to be still and know that God is listening and letting His plans unfold for us.

This 2012, I'm praying and hoping for stability, in our lives, our marriage, our situation. I know that we have many plans, and just thinking about it makes me overwhelmed sometimes, but God would be the one to determine our steps. Like water being directed where to flow .. Like a kite being guided by the wind..

And I am happy about it.