Happy New Year!

It's the eve of 2013. To me this New Year is significant. Most years just meld into the next with nothing much changing. This year; BIG CHANGES!

The reason is because the past 2 years were a like fog. A heavy, gray mist in the woods of life. I spent it trying to find my way out. Often wondering if there was a way out. I tried to make a nest in my woods, but there seemed to be no tree available. It was a lonely woods with lots of other birds, but our songs didn't blend. It was a discordant symphony.
Amazingly, there came an opening in the haze. A ray of sunshine! Freedom! I flew through it, light as a feather. What did I see? HOME! A beautifully, humble structure of great promise. Rooms of potential beauty and growth.
And there were birds too! But they flew in the sunshine! They made harmonious songs blending with my own! I was home!

I have asked myself, what did I learn from this time of seemingly aimless flight? I think my main lesson was this: God is always there, even when you don't feel Him. He's always at the other side of the woods, showing the way. He alone brings the opening in the gray clouds and give us true freedom.

And another thing..... I will always appreciate what I have! It's much more than I ever thought possible!