walking next to you...

what a year it has been. one that will be important for the rest of my life. it was one i will look back on thirty years from now because it brought about so many significant things. so much pain and in the midst, joy, growth, love. it was a year in which i learned about myself and other people. it was the year that the meaning of love became real to me. it was the year that i stopped believing that all people are good, they are not. it was the year that i learned that there are so many good people all around. it was the year that i started to believe in what the Lord was doing with all my heart. it was the year that i learned that bad things happen for good reasons. for great reasons even. it was the year that the glory of God in everything became real to me. it was a year of highs and lows but we have to grateful for the highs and lows and we have to find that faith, you know, of a mustard seed, to be able to trust and be grateful for all of it, high or low. and we have to know that even the low can be so good when all is said and done. it was the year of so many things. i can go on forever. but a new one is coming. God was in this one, He will be in the next one:) He will have control and i am going to be there for the greatest ride:)