Welcome 2011

Well here it is, 2011.  I have wondered what this year will

bring for my family. Will we finally get a year of peace and

restoration?  This weekend, I worked in 

the front room of our house.  At the time we were

cleaning it out, I thought of it as my room in waiting. 

We did not know if it was going to get to be my husbands 

office or if it was going to become my

sister-in-law and brother-in-law's room. 

amazed me how much I could relate to that room. 

This year is a waiting year for me.  I am waiting to see

what God has in store.  I am trying to be at peace in 

this wait. I feel like the past I have been just

trying to keep my head above the pounding waves of the

storm.  I saw a sign today that talked about learning to 

dance in the rain of life's storms.  I wonder how one does that.

How do you dance when your world is caving in?  It took every

ounce of my strength just to make it through the day. But, 

this year is different.  I feel that I have reached a new 

phase.  Coming full circle back to my room in waiting, I am 

a woman in waiting.  Waiting to find out, will I get pregnant? 

Will I have to go into early menopause?  What do the months 

ahead hold for my walk with the Lord?  When will I be able

to start my women's ministry with Jamie? Mostly, I wonder

will my wait be long or short?  My room was only a room

in waiting for a short time.  It is now my husband's office.

How long will my wait be?  Only God knows and I will find

peace in knowing that everything is going according to

His plan. 

I found a song on one of my old CD's that really sums up

how I feel about my past and what my future holds.  It is my

theme song for 2011.  I have listed the lyrics below.   

Sunrise by Nichole Nordeman 

If I had the chance
To go back again
Take a different road, bear a lighter load
Tell an easy story 

I would walk away
With my yesterdays
And I would not trade what is broken for beauty only

Every valley
Every bitter chill
Made me ready to climb back up the hill
And find that . . .  

You are sunrise
You are blue skies
How would I know the morning
If I knew not midnight? 

You're my horizon
You're the light of a new dawn
So thank You, thank You
That after the long night, You are sunrise 

There's a moment when
Faith caves in
There's a time when every soul is certain God is gone 

But every shadow is evidence of sun
And every tomorrow holds out hope for us
For every one of us 

You are sunrise
You are blue skies
How would I know the morning
If I knew not midnight? 

You're my horizon
You're the light of a new dawn
So thank You, thank You
That after the long night, You are sunrise 

You alone will shine
You alone can resurrect this heart of mine 

You are sunrise
You are blue skies
How would I know the morning
If I knew not midnight? 

You're my horizon
You're the light of a new dawn
So thank You, thank You
That after the long night, You are sunrise  

You are sunrise