MMVII

Can I get an "amen"? Is anyone else as happy as I am to be done forever with the year twenty-six? While 2006 wasn't a tragic year, it wasn't one that I will refer to lovingly when reminiscing the past.

During the Christmas season, I read the highly recommended Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers. I don't typically read Christian fiction because of the "cheese-factor," but whatever expectations I had for the book prior to reading it, paled in comparison to my love for this story after finishing. It is a biblical retelling of the book of Hosea, set during the California Gold Rush, where a prostitute is convinced of God's unconditional love through her relationship with a Christian man. The book was a reminder to me that Christ will never fall out of love with Mary Anna Brown.

I made quite a few mistakes in 2006, and that's a conservative estimate. Lately, I've been really down about failed dating relationships, a couple of fizzled friendships, and an undefined career path. I'm ready for a fresh start in 2007 and with that, I have one resolution (one to rule them all):

Discover and manifest the woman God created me, on a physical, emotional, and spiritual level.

ab hinc anno MMVII!