The new year is upon us. 2015.
Nearly 20 years ago, I walked the field at Pineville High School, collecting a diploma that would lead me to many life experiences. A diploma that would bring me to Louisiana Tech, to an education that would ensure my future.
My college roomie texted me at midnight, and it dawned on me that the year 2015 will mark our 20th anniversary of being friends. Nearly 20 years ago, she walked into my dorm room and into my life, and she has been my forever friend since that frozen moment in time, Graham dorm room #305.
Nearly 20 years ago, I said goodbye to Pineville, Louisiana as my home, and journeyed, often floundering in my faith and obedience to God’s plans for my life, a path that I could have never imagined.
And, somehow, by the miracle that He is, I was always lovingly scooped up and put back where I belonged. He has protected me all of my life, but during those years at Tech, I see more now than ever, He especially harbored me from myself- my poor decisions, my thrown cautions to the wind, my lack of good judgement. He even brought me to a boy who loved this mixed up girl deeply- who never gave up on her, because he knew she was to be his bride.
2014 has been one of the most trying years of my life. It has been host to much illness, anxiety, diagnoses, and therapy. It was never what any wife and mother would imagine for her children and family. It has been painful, filled with tears and sleepless nights. I have blogged it, talked it, questioned it, and dwelled on it, too.
But, for every illness- a cure. For each moment of anxiety- a prayer. For all the diagnoses- information. For therapy- improvement.
Just like in college, and throughout my life, He provided that ever-needed safety net. The one I willingly fall into when life seems too heavy a burden. The one I mistakenly crash into when I try to conquer alone the hurts of living. The net that holds me so securely, through my mistakes and weaknesses. It is impenetrable, and never failing.
And, I know when the ball drops at midnight in 2035, I will still be able to see His grace and mercy, as I look back on the 20 years that will have passed.
And, I am certain that I will still have His word and love holding me firmly in that precious net that has always caught me.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
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