Join Chari at Happy to Design for Sunday favorites and Charlotte and Ginger at Blogger Spirit for Spiritual Sunday and enjoy your Sunday
This post is from December 29th of last year. At that time, I had recently lost my job. Something that I had never had to deal with before. It turns out, it was a blessing in disguise. God truly has blessed me and I am so grateful to Him for his everlasting love. Thank you God for Jesus!
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Issaiah 9:6
Here is the post from December 29, 2008.
This is a week of reflections. Looking back at the past year before plowing into the new one. What went well this past year and what didn’t? As I grow older, I realize more and more that experiences, good and bad, are learning opportunities. The good experiences we should tuck away for good memories and the bad, we should learn the lesson and let it go.
There are so many things in life that you cannot control and I’ve learned not to fight life. Enjoy and be grateful for the good times. Enjoy the people you love and don’t waste precious life fretting over toxic people and toxic situations. Change the bad when you can and deal with them as graciously as possible when you can’t.
Okay, enough of the advice (although it is good advice). I had a late Christmas dinner with my family last night. We had baked ham, baked potatoes, roasted carrots, carmamelized andouille spoon bread and pecan pie. A little traditional and a little non-traditional. A good time was had by all. Today, I get to do a little shopping with my Mother. Life is good!
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So awesomely inspiring.
It is amazing how we can look back on things we thought were terrible and see that things actually worked out for the good. I guess we shouldn’t be surprised though because we are promised this in the Bible. Thank you for sharing.
Blessings,
Charlotte
God is so good to us. I’m glad that you shared this with us.
God Bless,
Ginger
Beautiful post ~ and yes, what can appear to be devastating to us can be a huge blessing. Only He knows the future and His plans for us are greater than we can imagine. I hope you have a wonderful holiday season ~ Merry Christmas!
Excellent. So many times in life I have found out that what I thought was a disaster was a blessing. This was one that you might want to repeat again next year. I’m glad I got to read it this time around.
Hi Christi…
So nice to see you this Sunday, my friend! Thank you so much for joining in with the fun of Sunday Favorites and sharing this wonderful…and very insightful post with us! I sooo agree with all that you said and with God’s help I try and live my life this way! When I’m not so good at it…and fail…I’m so very thankful for His Grace for I have been redeemed!!!
Well my friend, this is such a busy time of the year for all of us…I do hope that my note finds you and your family doing well and enjoying the season!!!
Warmest wishes and Christmas Blessings to you and your family, Christi!
Chari @Happy To Design
I am so thankful that God knows what is best for me, I agree we need to not fight life, but to be grateful and enjoy God’s blessings,
Thank you for sharing, great post.
Blessings.
Sue