Happy New Year!

 Phew!  What a year 2008 was!  It was difficult and grand at the same time.  Christmas was a busy time with family and business, but now I am starting to see clearer skies ahead for a little while.

 Did you make any "New Year’s Resolutions?"  I didn’t  but I did write a list of 6 things I am believing God is going to do in my life this year.  It is a list of things that have spotted my heart and warmed it with inspiration, dreams and a renewed motivation to continue on.  They are about my home, my family, my business, my health and my faith.  I truly believe that God put them on my heart because He wants to see them fulfilled in my life even more than I do. 

Isaiah 43:19
See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the desert and streams in the wasteland.

 New things are good.  New clothes,  new shoes, a new child, a new car, a new perspective.  They excite us and inspire us, if only for a second. I personally love when I make a new piece of jewelry.  The colors, the textures, the new word, the new pictures, the new love;  they all make me smile with anticipation of the purpose it will hold in my life and the lives of others it might speak to. I bet God must rejoice as  He does new things  in our lives, the same way we get excited when we give a NEW gift to others.

 2 Corinthians 5:17
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!

What can Beat a New Life?!

New clothes and new cars are good, but a NEW LIFE?  Now that is GREAT!  I came to new life in Christ years ago.  And yet,  He continues to renew me daily and even seems to increase my vigor as the years go on.  I’m excited to be alive.  I’m  excited to have a purpose here on earth.  I’m excited that He has entrusted me with people to love, things to do, learn, and create.  I’m excited for the mountains with their vista views of my future and for the valleys with times of growth.

2 Corinthians 4:16
Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.

Be excited about the Promise of the year to Come

 Let’s not fear but pray.  Let’s not hide but praise.  Let’s not decrease but increase.  Let’s not let fear overtake our hearts this year, but let HIM over take them.

1 John 4:18
There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear,

 I wrote  my list of 6 things, and several of them were BIG things.  In the natural they seem nearly impossible.   But with God…  all things are possible… all things can be made new…  I took my list to Him in Love.  And I plan to take my list to Him often, to "remind" Him and remind me of what He has in store for me with FAITH.

Jeremiah 31:17
11 For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. 12 Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you.

Polka Dots of Praise, of Faith, & Truth

Polka Dots of Inspiration, Dreams and Visions

If God has spotted your heart with dreams and visions, with truth and love, with faith and inspiration, then polka dot your life this year. 

I say we make polka dots our reminder of the NEW things ahead this year.  Every time you wear them, every time you see them, think of the dots of love He has placed on your heart.

Ephesians 6:14
Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist

Tie the truth about who you are and who created you around your waist,  that you can stand strong this year and walk in the victory of a New Life, a New Beginning!

~Lori