2007: A Year in Review
WOW! Can you believe that 2007 is nearly wrapped up? In all honestly, I cannot! The end of the year is normally cause for reflection about the year past and planning for the year ahead. It really is the buzz all around. Just tonight at work, everyone was asking what my New Year’s resolutions are. I simply said that I don’t make them. I’ve made so many resolutions and promises to both God and myself that I never followed through with that it sometimes literally makes me sick.
My year end ritual on my blog is to simply share in recap some of the stuff that has gone on in the past year and look ahead a bit.
So…2007. What a year! It has been a whirlwind in our lives.
- We began this year by starting a business so my wife could stay home with our daughter. 7 months later we threw in the towel on that and decided that my wife would work only part time and we would come out ahead.
- On the church front, I began the year continuing to serve in First Impressions, then transitioned into Outreach late in the summer. That lasted for about a month before a mutual parting of ways HAD to take place. The tension inside of me just couldn’t be ignored any longer. I felt it. The leadership team felt it. Looking back, I should have noticed the tension much before that time. My friends: I’m thankful for the time we got to spend together. I’m thankful for the things I have learned during our time together. I am sorry that I didn’t see the tension earlier. It is my hope and prayer that God continues to work in you and through you.
- The Tension. Wow! What a year. Let me just say that three years ago when I was working as a night guard at a hotel in Orlando, I never dreamed I would be where God has me now and where he has me headed. God has laid some pretty serious stuff on my heart this year. Look through the archives and you can find some of my thought process. Let me just say that while I have been kind of quiet for the past couple months, God is still speaking to me and putting the right people in my life. I’m glad to get to know some of the men that God has put in my life. I’m also glad that other people are feeling tension on their hearts to join with what God is calling me toward. I’m guessing that the picture will only get clearer in the months to come.
- Our daughter. Hands down, our daughter is the absolute best ‘thing’ of 2007. I’m absolutely in love with my baby. We have worked through my selfishness and worked on being daddy and daughter. Sophia has a great personality, stubborn and all! Such a blessing in our lives. She has a tooth now and is eating veggies and cereal. It was funny to feed her peas for the first time. The face was priceless! I guess I could probably fill many pages doting on my girl…so I’ll just stop.
2007 is nearly over. 2008 is almost here. There has been a ton of other stuff going on in our lives that either would be quite boring for you to read or really don’t fit on this site. What about you? What has been going on in your life in the past year? What do you want to do in the next year?
my life is back in Minnesota at church….trying to work through some tension, as you stated….but just going toward what god has for me first and foremost…
Put Five For Fighting’s “World” back on my myspace…lol….and again looking for a job OUTSIDE of radio…Preston totally sucks, man…..hope all is well with you…I’ll let you know what I’m up to and keep in touch…you have been a person that has been so inspiring, and it is hard not to see you…especially after my first impression of ya was so durned wrong! Hope the best for you, Destiny and Sophia in 2008, man! Remember….”history starts NOW!”