Busy, Busy, B's

I love New Years. With a new year we gain a sense of fresh starts, new beginnings, and bigger possibilities. Sounds good to me. If you are like me (which you probably are) then you need a fresh start sometimes. But, even though I love New Years, the truth is that we don't need a new year to get a new beginning. Setting goals, making resolutions, and attempting to "better yourself" will get me nowhere on my own strength, and I certainly have no more power because I make these decisions on December 31st every year.

Once 2012 got here, I knew our lives where going to get a lot busier. I have enjoyed the past few months of peace and smooth sailing as both of our jobs were not too demanding as far as interfering with our personal life. In early December, we decided that I would be going back to school in the Spring 2012 semester. We also knew that Brett, working at the YMCA, would be getting busier because all the people making resolutions to get in shape would be coming in to join at the Y. Our lives would be a little disrupted by different schedules and exhaustion.  Even before the new year, in anticipation of the changes coming, I decided to pray. I began praying daily for grace. Grace is the fresh start the Lord gives me everyday to push through those tired stressful moments and focus on things that are eternal. I (being very prone to stress-out, carry anxiety, and worry) have to decide every morning to focus on the day in front of me rather than every other busy day in the next few months and ask the Lord, again, for the grace to not only make it, but grow.  That by His wonderful grace, we both (Brett and I) would grow even, especially, in the busy seasons.

Did I mention my 21st birthday was last monday (the 2nd) and my wonderful, handsome hubby treated me to such an amazing day! I am seriously so blessed.

I will leave you guys with this:

2 Corinthians 12:9

"But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me."