Reflection on 2010

Well, I first want to wish everyone a Happy New Year! I pray that this be the year that we all grow closer to our Lord and Savior than we ever have before and that perhaps this be the year that we will at last see Him face to face in glory.

I thought I should write a post in reflection of the road that I have traveled during this past year.  2010 was a year of many excitements. I was able to travel to Argentina for three months and reconnect with my past and all the people there. This was also the year that I graduated from High School and went to what is (in my opinion) the BEST school there is: Moody Bible Institute.  I thank God every day for leading me to make that decision.

Although all these things were amazing, that is not what I really want to talk about.  I want to reflect on the awakening that has occurred in my life.  The awakening of desire. A desire to fall in love, but not in the way that you might think.  A desire has been awakened inside of me to fall deeply in love with my Creator, my Father, my Savior.  To fall in love with God the Father, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit.  This desire has led to two others.  The desire to read the Word of God, but not simply to read but to excavate, to dig into it as I have never done before.  To truly study it and then apply it to everything I do.  I must admit, I have been helped greatly in this by my studies at school and by the amazing friends that the Lord has given me at school who are constantly pushing me to live out what I believe (you guys know who you are).

As this desire grows inside of me, I have made enemies.  Well, they were my enemies before but they have become more real in this past year.  I have seen how Satan and his demons attack those that are truly following the Lord.  They creat doubt and confusion.  And because of this I have come to desire and relish my time spent in prayer before the Lord.  I have seen demons flee when the name of Jesus Christ is spoken and when believers cry out to Him.

2010 was not the easiest year of my life, but I wouldn't trade it for anything.  God has never felt more real to me than He does right now.  I have never had such a network of people that are holding me up before the throne of God and daily pushing me to grow closer to Him than I do right now.  And I have never felt so much life, joy, and peace as I do right now.  I thank God for 2010 and for the work that He has done in me and through me.  I thank Him for the trials and the struggles that have brought me to this point.  I thank Him as well for the experiences He has given me and the times of joy in my life.  And I thank Him once again for the people He has placed in my life: my Moody friends.  All of you have helped me grow in ways you cannot imagine.  But most of all, I thank Him for choosing me and for saving me... for never giving up on me... and for loving me with an everlasting love.