Tuesday 1 January 2013

New...

A new year ahead of us, a clean page to write on, a blank sheet to draw on...it almost makes me hesitant to make a mark and spoil the brightness, the purity. However, nothing will be gained if I don't take a chance and put my mark on that page.

Looking at my blog I saw, to my shame, that the last time I blogged was 11 months ago - yikes!! 2012 had both its good and bad moments. Pretty much the norm for most people, I guess.


I have to make a confession here...spiritually it has been such a hard one for me. I might have mentioned before that, in my family, I am the only one who is trying to walk the road with Jesus. My husband is an unbeliever and my children have lost their way. I have come to a point where I feel I am losing my way too. It sometimes seems too hard to struggle on alone - sigh!


We moved country and to a lovely new home at the end of May last year. "Last year" that sounds weird! Anyway, I have been going to a church, but not really settled in and found my niche there yet. Not their fault at all. I have not got involved with a small group and I know that a small group is where you really meet and get to know people. The church is much bigger than the ones I have been to in the past. I cannot decide which is the best time to attend a small group i.e a morning or evening one.


Moving on from those gloomy paragraphs, 2013 has the excitement of two pending arrivals in our family! Both my daughter and daughter-in-law are pregnant with their first children...our first grandchildren!! They live in the UK, whilst we are in South Africa. All my childen came to share our first Christmas in our new home - very special. It is very strange seeing one's daughter pregnant. Of course, I think she looks so cute :)


These are scriptures that I have been praying over my grand babies in the making -


Psalm 139:13-16
You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body
and knit me together in my mother’s womb.

Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex!
Your workmanship is marvelous—how well I know it.

You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion,
as I was woven together in the dark of the womb.

You saw me before I was born.
Every day of my life was recorded in your book.
Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed.


What a privilege to be able to pray for one's grandchildren and I can't wait to meet them in May!


My hopes for 2013?

- to start to spend more time with my Lord
- to be a better wife to my husband
- somehow to be a godly example to my children
- and amongst other things, to be a better blogger ;)

Lastly a photo. This bushbuck came to the bottom of our garden on Christmas Day and nibbled on one of our bushes. We felt very privileged that he shared his Christmas nibble with us!


Wishing you all a blessed and wonderful 2013.