One month in to 2015 and I finally have a few words for you. I can already tell this year will be different than last year. I didn’t start out with unanswered questions, but I did begin the new year with hope. (I will share more details soon.)
Last year was long, hard, and full of confusing health questions. I was ready to let it go. I wanted to move on from those lingering struggles and find a way to push forward. I had been stuck in a season of waiting.
Waiting for answers.
Waiting for clarity.
Waiting for energy.
Waiting for doctors.
Waiting and more waiting.
But I said goodbye to 2014 and realized the wait was over. A new season is beginning. And this time I’m even more excited to write. I may not be posting every week, but you will hear from me. I just have to take it slow for a while. Because the season I’m in is the season of waking up.
Looking back now I see how God was there in the waiting. And He is here in the waking up.
P.S. Come back tomorrow and I will reveal my One Word for this year!
Oh, Laura, I am sorry for the hardships you had to endure last year.
Thought of you a few times but I also haven’t been much around, so I did not know. This past year has been a long standstill, maybe not as physically painful as yours, but non the less one that kept me hostage. Nothing like the standstill in which I was locked-in six years ago after my emergency hip revision–one that I have written about in my book–but a standstill of waiting and waiting for solutions to family and financial issues, as well as health and vision issues within our four-generation family.
All this to tell you that I know how difficult it must have been for you. But also how blessed such times were, with God not very far away, waiting and preparing things for our own benefit. I am so glad you realize this, otherwise the pain, waiting, and uncertainty of such periods would be an awful waste.
My inbox is filled with over eight thousand mails and I can barely deal with the new ones each day. I caught this just before retiring for the night. I am so glad I did. It’s wonderful to see God’s workings in other people’s lives, and how important it is for us to be open to synchronicities, intuitions, and His whispers from above and within.
I am so glad that you are not only out of the waiting period but you have awaken to something amazing. I look forward to see what it is.This is what God was working on during last year. And He had to prepare you and the world for what is coming, for what you are bringing. What a blessing and responsibility at the same time!
I too have a good feeling about this year. Soon I will submit my manuscript to the editors and
I know in my heart that all the waiting, patience, and trust will be rewarded.
Blessings and Light, Laura!
Wow. Thank YOU, Katina! And well said. Waiting is hard, but it does strengthen us and point us right back to God — the One who never lets go. He prepares us for what is to come. And I want to be more aware of His whispers this year. May our years be full of joys and blessings as we both move forward. 🙂
So glad that a new season is opening before you, Laura! Visiting from fmfriday!
Thanks, Courtney! Me too. I’m excited. 🙂
I’m not good at waiting (especially for all things medical–I want to know the answers YESTERDAY and get so frustrated when no one can figure out the problem), so I can empathize with you. May God continue to work through you and for you.
Exactly, Anita! The waiting is hard, but the joy of coming out of an extended season is that much sweeter. And I can see how God was, and still is, working. I pray you are seeing the evidence as well!
Laura I hope you don’t have to wait too long and I hope things are looking up for you in every aspect of your life. Happy writing my friend and good health too.
I’m still on the journey to healing and health, but I am definitely feeling better. 🙂 Hope you are well too, Kath?