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| Sunrise a couple Sundays ago. |
December has felt loooong.
I'm currently on week 3/3 of winter break, with only one overdue assignment left to complete before the second semester begins next Tuesday (see aforementioned "my brain is a little bit worse for wear" comment). The three week winter break has been a good thing. It's been restful - lots of naps have taken place; I've done more pleasure reading over these weeks than I have in all of 2019 I'd say; I've eaten too many Christmas cookies, and opened more gifts than I expected considering the only thing I asked for was body wash and a pair of Vans. I've also seen my doctor more times these past few weeks than I have in all of 2019 and possibly 2018 as well (see aforementioned "brain" comments).
As is apparent, not all has been good but not all has been a disaster.
Since starting my blog back in mid-2015, each one of my "end of the year" posts have taken at least some type of shot at social media posts wherein people refer to year after year after year as a "bad year". I can understand if the negatives overshadow the positives for some in a given year, but I get frustrated when no year is ever referred to as a "good year" by popular accounts on social media platforms - and then these "bad year" posts get shared every year by every person, saying "same" "amen" "yeah this year was the worst".
My inner rant on this matter was sparked again today after having spent that time this afternoon reflecting on how December has been for me. I could easily focus far more on the negative disastrous events that occurred and say that December was a bad month.
But the Christmas concerts?
Christmas parties?
Pleasure reading?
Christmas cookies?
Quality family time?
How can I look at each one of those blessings and fun times and consider all of December to be "bad"? I mean, I don't particularly enjoy relational tension, car accidents (and minor brain injuries), and doctor's appointments to be my idea of a fun time, but they added to the overall adventure that was December - and my life.
Going into 2020, my vision unfortunately remains anything but 20/20 🤪, however my heart remains hopeful. Because it'll be a new decade!! Although, truthfully, I'm not that caught up in this whole "new decade" hype. It just feels like another new year, another December 31st to January 1st transition to me.
But, as I said, my heart remains hopeful because I know that every year, heck, every day has its own good and bad, ups and downs, positive and negative aspects to it. But God remains evermore the same, whether a new decade, new day, new year, new hour, new century, or new moment. And walking hand-in-hand with Him, I'm intrigued to see what 2020 holds. What January holds. What tomorrow holds.
Since starting my blog back in mid-2015, each one of my "end of the year" posts have taken at least some type of shot at social media posts wherein people refer to year after year after year as a "bad year". I can understand if the negatives overshadow the positives for some in a given year, but I get frustrated when no year is ever referred to as a "good year" by popular accounts on social media platforms - and then these "bad year" posts get shared every year by every person, saying "same" "amen" "yeah this year was the worst".
My inner rant on this matter was sparked again today after having spent that time this afternoon reflecting on how December has been for me. I could easily focus far more on the negative disastrous events that occurred and say that December was a bad month.
But the Christmas concerts?
Christmas parties?
Pleasure reading?
Christmas cookies?
Quality family time?
How can I look at each one of those blessings and fun times and consider all of December to be "bad"? I mean, I don't particularly enjoy relational tension, car accidents (and minor brain injuries), and doctor's appointments to be my idea of a fun time, but they added to the overall adventure that was December - and my life.
Going into 2020, my vision unfortunately remains anything but 20/20 🤪, however my heart remains hopeful. Because it'll be a new decade!! Although, truthfully, I'm not that caught up in this whole "new decade" hype. It just feels like another new year, another December 31st to January 1st transition to me.
But, as I said, my heart remains hopeful because I know that every year, heck, every day has its own good and bad, ups and downs, positive and negative aspects to it. But God remains evermore the same, whether a new decade, new day, new year, new hour, new century, or new moment. And walking hand-in-hand with Him, I'm intrigued to see what 2020 holds. What January holds. What tomorrow holds.
"The seasons change and you change, but the LORD abides evermore the same, and the streams of His love are as deep, as broad, and as full as ever." -Charles Spurgeon
"Because He lives, I can face tomorrow. Because He lives, all fear is gone. Because I know He holds the future. And life is worth the living, just because He lives."
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