Perfect Timing.

So now this year is at its end. If I were in school and had to write some stupid evaluation on this year just passing, I would probably have no short answer to describe how it has been. There was a lot of good, a lot of bad. But I believe it was a really good year over all. Because I can think about the year gone by and feel content, satisfied, pleased.
I know 2012 is gonna be one of those challenging years ahead of me, but I'm starting to feel ready for it. And I guess with only 3 days left of this year, I would hope to be ready.

One big thing I've learned from 2011 has affected me greatly, for the better. I've learned that rather than miss the past and wish I could go back, rather than be afraid of time slipping away, I should embrace time instead. No matter what I do, time will keep going on. Whether we are running ahead of time, obsessing over the future, or running out of breath and lagging behind; time doesn't stop for anybody. I've learned to not just accept that truth, but embrace it. So I'm ready for each day to be what they are. That's all they will ever really be. But it's up to me to make use of what there is in the moment. Time will paint the day, but it's up to me to choose the colours, the style, the subject matter of the whole artwork.
And when you think about who controls time, you know that really, you have nothing to worry about. Because His timing is the ultimate timing, the only real timing. His watch isn't a few seconds off, it's ours that are usually not on time. If He's the one making each day happen in the time it does, then I don't want a single second to be added or taken away. I welcome the new year, and bid farewell to the one that's almost gone. I'm learning how to truly live in the moment; the moment He has given me, the moment for which I am so grateful.