New Year 2009

We spent New Year's eve with family. The girls chatted while the guys played Wii. The kids ran around til way past their bedtime & they thought they were grown up. Jason & I spent New Year's day eating at Cracker Barrel, my favorite, returning & swapping Christmas gifts, & riding around in Bartlett enjoying the nice weather.

I don't waste my time on resolutions because I don't keep them. There are things I want to accomplish & have happen in this new year, but I don't like feeling pressured into doing things. Hopefully, this doesn't make me sound lazy or unmotivated. I just don't like ultimatums & don't like having that guilt hanging over my head when I don't accomplish a task on 'the list.'

I do wish you a blessed & prosperous new year. It's my prayer that we all draw closer to the Lord & see again our need of Him. He has the answers to all our questions & problems if we just lean on Him & allow Him to take care of us. One of my favorite songs is "I Am a Friend of God." What an unbelievable concept that Jesus, the creator, the Lord of all, is MY friend! He cares about ME! I'd like to leave you with the words to that song:

"Who am I that you are mindful of me? That you hear me when I call? Is it true that you are thinking of me? That you love me? It's amazing!

I am a friend of God. I am friend of God. I am a friend of God. He calls me friend.

God Almighty, Lord of glory, You have called me friend."