It's Almost 2011

Well with the new year approaching a lot of us tend to look back. We look back on the year we survived through and go wow I changed a lot.

I remember making all those new years resolutions in December just a year ago - in fact I think I even wrote them down somewhere. But usually by about mid January I've tossed them aside and started on something new.

Looking back on the last year I went through a lot. There were a lot of highs and lows and a lot of people who touched me in a lot of different ways. If it weren't for some of those people and friends and family I wouldn't be here to begin making plans for a new year, a new me, and new dreams.

I wonder what this years dreams will hold. I wonder what I will go through, how I will change and what type of life I will end up with. However, usually about this time of year a lot of us are reminded about the life that changed our lives forever.

I'm not sure why it takes a special day - because it's something that we should celebrate every day. But as we go to those Christmas concerts and hear all the wonderful songs we should probably remember that this day is something that should be sung about every day of the year! (Not that I want to listen to Christmas music all year round - unless someone starts writing some new songs) Christ's birth isn't something that we need to be reminded of on December 25. It's something that we need to praise God for every day. He sent his son so that we could have a new life - and what better time to be reminded of that than at the beginning of a new year!

So while you're attending a thousand family functions in this next week and then making new years resolutions to lose x amount of pounds and find that perfect job or start your family in the year 2011, remember that every day is a gift. Each moment is precious and brings you closer to the promise that we have all been given.

Be thankful for the families we have, look forward to the family we will gain and most of all give thanks and praise to the one who gives us all things :)