As is our usual tradition, we began the year with a week of fasting and prayer--gathering together every day with our whole church family to look backward in thanks and move forward with anticipation. Dale and I both had a sense of expectancy for the week, but no amount of imagination could have matched the response of our church, and the hope and eagerness that surrounded us all week. It was a little out of the ordinary, to say the least, but the residual effect today, is a feeling of incredible eagerness to press forward into 2011 with gusto.
My heart is filled with plans and purposes for the new year, and I feel energized because I have so much to look forward to.
One of my goals this year: memorize the book of Ephesians.
On another note, I just want to set the record straight and say that I really do have the best husband in the whole world. Today is Abel's 14th birthday! YEA Abel!! But, also, poor =:( Abel.
Every year he is left with only my last bit of energy after all the holiday hoopla of December, and his birthday always feels like an endurance contest. Today, I endured pretty well and managed to muster up enough energy to make his favorite meal and invite a gang of people over for lunch and celebrations. Abel wanted to take his friends bowling for his birthday, after the party. I was braced for a long afternoon in a loud and stinky bowling alley when, to my surprise, Dale called out for all the boys to hop in the car for Boys Bowling!
My super hero husband saved the day, and left me with two glorious hours of peace and quiet!
So, now, the kitchen mess is going to wait and I'm off to take a long afternoon nap....
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