Dec 31

Written by: glendajoy
12/31/2008 7:50 PM

Woo Hoo, 2008 was a hoot! I can’t remember another year of my life that has been so packed full of adventures and opportunities.

As I sit here pondering the end of this year, I do so with a heart of gratitude. I am so thankful for the people that I have met and the challenges and accomplishments that have come my way.

I am not going to list all the good things that have happened. I just want to say I am thankful. I am thankful the LORD for making my comfortable nest uncomfortable at the end of last year. It has indeed been a year of flapping around and learning to fly. I have flapped, but I have also known the joy of flying! Some of it hasn’t been pretty. Most of the time I have been in situations where I had zero confidence in myself to do the tasks set before me.

Many years ago, a wise man pointed out something in my life that I had never seen. He said that when a challenge was placed before me, and I started talking about how I did not have everything I needed to do the job- that it was actually false humility at work. That got me to thinking about a pattern that I have had in my life for a very long time.

He was right. True humility is not regaling people with how incompetent I am. Another part of the wisdom he gave me was, whenever someone asked me to do something I didn’t feel equipped to do, to accept the job without a consideration of my ability. He said that would begin a life of adventure. Boy howdy, he was right again.

This year has been full of times that I did that. Have I failed a few times? Yep. But, I didn’t ‘fail’ to try to do some things outside my comfort zone. Way outside my comfort zone!

I am also grateful to all the people who gave me opportunities this year. And, to the people who have supported and encouraged me. I see myself differently because of some of the events of 2008.

I learned that living by faith is seldom comfortable. Putting yourself in areas where you don’t feel prepared is never gonna be fun when you begin. But it is kind of like when you began to swim after lots of hours of trying. You think to yourself, ‘Hey, I can do this!”. And before you know it, you look at the next challenge that comes down the pike as just a little more do-able.

So…let me take this opportunity to say ‘Thank You, LORD!”. And thank you, to each of you that have been up in the stands clapping and cheering me on. I am a different person because you believed in me.

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