Crazy how time flies. Already a few days into this new year of 2011. 2011. That’s a weird year to type out. Maybe by April I will naturally write the correct year in my checkbook.
I usually LOVE new years…new starts, new goals, a time to clean out drawers, buy new calendars, start a new journal, and on and on the newness could go.
I seem to have a different take at this new year. It’s not that I don’t still love the new calendars and journals; it’s just that I am not so much into setting any plans this year. We are in such a place that I have never planned for that I have to fight throwing up my hands when it comes to planning. I mean, really, we are in control of so very little…almost nothing…maybe nothing at all. I still haven’t figured that out. HOWEVER, this isn’t meant to be a hopeless sort of non-planning…just a new freedom that is coming from trusting the Lord, I hope.
So instead of planning what size jeans I intend to wear by Spring or how many miles I want to be able to walk or how much savings we should have squirreled away by this time next year, I think I will settle in on just a couple of very simple things.
I am so with you on this Kristy, Love all of you so much.
Oh my…what a wonderful post…and you know how I am…so thinking about all this NON-planning could possibly give me hives………..but you are very, very RIGHT that we are in control of so very little – that scares me, but SHOULD give me peace b/c what do I think I know about a REAL plan?? Thank The Lord that He is in charge (even when I miss it sometimes).
Hey there,
I just wanted to let you know how much you inspire me. I have learned so much from you, even tho, you are younger than me 🙂 lol GOD truly has a plan and wants us to just sit back and give it all to him. You are a great example of someone doing that 🙂 Keep going girly !! By the way, your kids stories are adorable 🙂