January 3rd. Really? That's the question I found myself waking up to this morning. Could it really be January 3rd already, and sure enough, it is. The third day into the new year for all, a day of catching up on sleep for some, and the first day of school for a select few, one of them being me. This morning on Ohio State's campus students are walking through the cold to the start of a new quarter, but what if they were walking into a quarter where their lives were changed?
On Saturday night I returned to my house in Columbus for the first time in over a month. Little recap, December 1st I had brain surgery and spent the next three weeks recovery at home, and Monday December 27th, was cleared by my surgeon to attend Indycc which is a week long conference for college students were we are challenged in our walk with the Lord through seminars, amazing speakers, heavenly times of worship and time with friends. I fot to ring in the new year with 2,500 other college students with prayer and worship, something truly amazing. Needless to say, I was blessed and thankful to be there after all that had happened. And although my body was/is physically tired because of all the walking and activity, my heart and spirit are refreshed and yet challenged at the same time for what the next month, quarter and year have in store for me.
I believe that the Lord has revealed that there will be two distinct themes for 2011 for my life. 2011 will be a year of prayer and a year of the Spirit of the Lord. I can hardly wait to see what those two things manifest into over the next months of my life, but I truly believe that it's going to be better than anything that I have experienced up to this point in my life!
My challenge to you my friends is what is your year going to be about? It's not about stupid resolutions that you make that won't last through the end of the month or about some new challenge that you place in front of yourself that will inevitably cause you to fail. The real question is what does GOD the Father have in store for you this year, because it's only through His strength and provision that you will succeed in the next year to be honset friends. Maybe God is asking you if you think He is really worth your life, maybe He is calling you into a new ministry or into a new relationship that will draw you closer to Him, it could be to missions or simply to be a better friend, spouse, student or follower of His Son Jesus?
Whatever it is my friends, I pray that you would seek it fervently with all that you have.
if my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and PRAY and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land. --> 2 Chronicles 7:14
By His Grace,
MaKenzie
