Happy New Year!

We are upon a new year! Can you really believe it? I think that New Years may be one of my favorite holidays. Not only do we get to ring in a new year, but we also get to leave old things behind and embrace what is new. It is a change of seasons (literally for us this year with the weather. We have been in the 40's and 50's up to this point and next week we are going down to the 20's. Nope I am not happy about that!)

Kevin and I try to take some time during the last week of each year to get vision for the upcoming year. We decided yesterday was that day. It was so refreshing to be able to get a babysitter, go to a cafe and just talk , dream, pray and work through some heart issues from the past year. (Thank you Mama Hurst for keeping the kids for us!) In the morning we primarily focused on the business. The Lord has been blessing the business beyond what we could have thought or imagined. It has been a fun season, but a crazy season as well. Kevin hired two more guys (We now have five employees) that are going to begin working next week. We had to get vision, we had to get fresh perspective or we would have drowned.

In the afternoon, Kevin went out on the job for a bit while I came home to be with the children. I was enjoying this time with the Lord of praying and asking for fresh vision and perspective that I continued it for me personally in the afternoon. I wanted vision for my children and parenting. I wanted vision for my marriage. I asked the Lord for new goals in diet and exercise. It was a great time of getting perspective, journaling and writing down very practical goals for the next year.

Its not scary or clique to do this. This is a very natural time of year to do this. It's a change of seasons, a change of calendar year, and the change of business's fiscal year. :) It's actually very life giving and recharges my battery.

Do you have goals for the new year? Are you asking the Lord for new perspective for a new year...a new season. Yes, dream and journal about what is on your heart, but ask the Lord what is on his heart for your new year as well. He might open your eyes to some exciting vision and have some surprises for you!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!