Goodbye to 2006!!!

Another New Years Eve. I found myself reflecting on 2006 today, probably you did the same thing. If I were honest, I would tell you my first reaction is that I am very glad to see it go, and I hope I don't ever live through another year like it. It has been a hard year for me. Some of that is documented, some is not. I know many people have had it much worse than I have. In the end, I found myself being very thankful for this year. Over and over again God has proven Himself to be the God that I believe Him to be. I have heard it said so many times, and yet, with all sincerity, I can say I don't know how people survive life without Him. When it appeared I was all alone, He was there. I was never alone. Nothing touched my life that He didn't know about first. He held me when I thought I could not stand another minute. I have felt His arms around me. Because of His faithfulness, I can trust Him more today than I did yesterday. I saw Him do miracles. Because I can look back on this year and see how I have changed as a result of each situation, and how He showed Himself to me, I can say I am glad I have walked where I did this year. He heard my prayers and He did what no one else could have done. He could always see the whole picture, He had the bird's eye view. He took me where we went together, just so that we could be closer today than we were last year at this time. Each difficult moment only made Him push harder to show Himself in my situation. To show me that He WAS there, and He DID care, and He wasn't going anywhere. Faithful. He just simply is.