So...this year has brought a lot of change to the Stephens' household.
The first thing is that I now consider it a household and a family, as opposed to an apartment and a couple. Henry Robert Stephens entered our life on November 14th and nothing has been the same since, which is occasionally stressful, but mainly just very cool.
This was also the year that our car died halfway through a 2 hour Sunday drive home from church, which means that it was the year that we had to get a new car and a new car payment, something we haven't had for a couple years now.
It was the year that my car got hit while parked at Ponderosa.
It was the year that I stopped writing out sermons and moved to an outline based system, and did just fine thank you very much.
It was the year where things that previously didn't work started working.
It was the year I did my first marriage, first baby dedication, first counseling session.
It was the year that Mary's closet became a nursery, that a superman toy box became brown and covered with wooden animals, that our trunk got filled with a stroller, and our backseats became less roomie.
It was the year that I started writing a blog, thanks for coming along for the ride.
It was the year that the Hulk became fun again, Batman died and lived again, Spiderman became new again, and superheroes ruled the box office in general, and truth be told I love me some superheroes, especially the Batman.
It was the year that I not only had to begin planning worship services, but also lead them.
It was the year that I was proven wrong, just like every other year I suppose.
It was the year that my life seemed a little less important that someone else's.
It was a year of vast change and vast stagnation.
It was a year that the world misunderstood the Mayans, so once again the world did not end when someone said it would. [my suggestion lets stop worrying about the end and start paying attention to today]
It was a year where too many people decided to take their pain out on strangers.
It was a year of joy and pain, sorrow and shame, and greatness.
It was 2012 and it's almost over.
This next year my son will crawl, and perhaps walk.
This next year my car will probably die, which is fine by me, I want a new car too, at least new to me.
This next year I have a secret hope, known to those closest to me.
This next year I hope to be a good father, a good husband, a good friend, a good pastor. I don't need to be the best at any of them, but I do strive to be better than most.
This next year I pray that I am a better man in general, and a better Christian in particular, because if I am then everything else will fall into place.
This past year I spent too much money on things that don't mean so much, so this next year I hope to do less of that, so that the money I spend will mean more.
This past year I hurt people, and didn't help people, so this next year I hope to hurt people less and help people more.
This past year I let myself down from time to time, so this next year I plan on doing that less.
It has been seven months since I started this blog and I have found it very fulfilling, but there have been weeks and months that have passed without an entry, my plan is to make sure that doesn't happen this year.
All in all 2012 was a great year with a few down moments, I hope that a year from now I can say the same about 2013.
Happy New Year.
Peace and Love,
Pastor K
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