Saturday, December 30, 2006
Thinking Back
Wow. It's hard to believe another year has nearly passed. I feel old just thinking it (much more so saying it), but the year has flown by so quickly. It seems like yesterday we were ringing in 2006. 2006?! Shoot . . . remember the whole "the world as we know it is coming to an end" drama of Y2K! It doesn't seem like that was seven years ago.
What were you doing this time last year? Hmm. What was I doing this time last year? I'd graduated from college two weeks before (Dec. 15). I had met with Chris to discuss my new job; I was getting ready for my first day which was January 4th. I think I was getting nervous. Excited about that new stage in life but nervous at the same time. Crazy how life works - I was nervous; now I wonder why. I was living at home with my parents and three younger siblings. I remember it being harder living at home that I thought it'd be. I think it's hard moving back home after college no matter how much you love your family or how well you all get along, though I suppose that's how it's intended to be.
Ok, I'll stop. But as I was thinking about where I was and what I was doing December 30, 2005, I also began to wonder. What did I plan to accomplish in the year 2006? What goals did I set, and did I meet those goals? What did I accomplish in 2006 that I'm proud to have accomplished? And most importantly, does any of it matter for eternity? So, what am I going to do in the year 2007? What goals am I going to set, and am I going to keep those goals? But most importantly, I must keep God at the front of everything I do. I must place His will for my life far above my own personal goals.
As I think back, I begin to look forward. I've been challenged; now I challenge you. As we stand on the verge of a new year, let us make this commitment: let's make 2007 matter.
-AK
Wednesday, December 27, 2006
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