Thoughts on the New Year and Apple Sludge

Hey there. It's been a while hasn't it. Yes it has. I've been quite busy lately with some awsome friends who came to visit for Christmas. They actually brought us a second Christmas Day as big as the first Christmas Day, due to more awsome friends who sent us awsome gifts.

 This mostly what we did the whole time. When we weren't doing this...

(wow that's really ugly)

or visitng awesome places like this:

and this:

and this:

We celebrated New Years shooting off fireworks (actually we shot one firework) and watching the world explode.

Apple sludge is what happens when apple pie, ovens, and temperature have an argument and don't mix properly. The pie just ruuuns over when you cut it open, creating a swamp of gooey cinnamon with apple and crust chunks floating in it. Doesn't that sound yummyyyy?? You may like your pie cut into perfect wedges with the crust perfectly crinkled, but if you think about it, the minute it into your mouth, it becomes apple sludge...well, actually  you don't have to think about that. Anyway, as I was eating my apple sludge this evening, I realized...It has been a wonderful winter. But...winter isn't over yet. (Even thought the temperature here says otherwise) Good, because I love winter.

2010 was a wonderful year in general. I learned so much, did so much, and met so many awesome people. With a new year now upon us, It's hard not wish some things had never changed, and that some things that haven't changed would. I dislike change...very much. That includes throwing away things, rearranging things, and anything that has to do with doing things another way. But life goes on. If things never changed, I would not be where I am, who I am, and what I am, and I am very thankful for the One who has changed me.

With all this change going on around me, it's hard not to worry about what's going to happen, to be so afraid of what the future holds. What am I going to do? What's going to happen be in 3 weeks? In 5 months? In 3 years? After that? And sometimes even "Why can't things be the way they were?" But when I catch myself thinking that, I realize that if things were always the way they were, there would be no "...the way it was before..." to look back on!

“Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble." -Matthew 6:34

There is hope. Christ has come, Christ has conquered and gone to Calvary. When all else fails, Christ remains firm and steadfast.

In the words of downhere:

Overwhelmed by the thought of my weakness
And the fear that I'll fail You in the end
In this mess, I'm just one of the pieces,
I can't put this together but You can, Here i am

 Don't let me go.