Happy New Year

It's been a few days since I sat down to write on my blog. I just looked at my daughter-in-law's blog and remembered that last year my precious grandbaby Ian, 10 months old at the time, spent his first New Year's Eve at Cook's Childrens Hospital. He had pneumonia and was so sick. Very scary. It was so funny last night I was trying to remember where I was last year on New Year's Eve. I could tell you where everyone was except for me. Weird, huh? I didn't remember until I saw her blog today. Monty was out of town last year and it was prophetic for our whole year, but last night my husband and I kept Mallory and Emily. Mallory's birthday is tomorrow so we took her to Walmart to pick out a birthday present. She really couldn't get very excited about anything but finally picked out some weird thing like transformers but they are called something different. Anyway, when we got home we played 2 rounds of the Memory game, I won! Go me! Anyway, Mallory said, "Y'all are the best parents." It means so much to kids to sit down with them and play with them on their level. I always dread them coming but I know they enjoy it and once they get here it is always fun for me too. I wish they had more stability in their home life.

For 2010 my goals are:
To know my Lord more intimately everyday, and to learn to give Him all praise, honor and glory that He is due. I want to truly grasp the fact that He is sovereign and had written all my days in His book in heaven before I was formed, and rest in the fact that nothing is a surprise to Him. I want to give the Holy Spirit free reign in my life to empower me to love and trust Him the way I need to that I can live the abundant life of peace and joy that my Heavenly Father wants to give me.

I want to be cheerful and an encouragement to those who need it most.

I want to worry less and live more.

Of course there are all those others, like exercising more, being more healthy mentally and physically, being a better mom and grandmom, and a better person in general.

I would love to fulfill the destiny that God has for me.

I would like to see God work in an amazing way in mine and Monty's life this year. Most of all I would like to live in such a way he can carry out His plan for me to bring Him honor and glory in all I do.

I pray God's blessings on all my grandchildren for healthy, safe lives, stability in their home life and safety and health especially for our new baby boy we are welcoming on February 10, 2010, Mac Andrew. We already love you baby boy.

It will be interesting to see how all these things shape up next year when I look back at this year's goals and see how all the things we have prayed for have worked out.

Happy 2010!