One of the things I haven’t quite gotten around to in the new year is the to purchase a large calendar to keep track of my daily schedule. I keep one posted one the wall in my bedroom and it helps me to know at a glance what appointments and commitments I have forthcoming. I did finally get around to taking down the previous twelve months and deposited them in the trash. But during this process, I looked back at all the events I had noted and marked for the year just completed.
You sometimes forget events in the recent past and this year was no different. There were trips and birthdays, substitute teaching assignments, and doctors’ appointments. All went together to make what is now referred to as “the past.” With each calendar entry, there was a story to be told, a memory to recall. The entries chronicle the ebb and flow of life and each one added to what has become my life as I know it.
So as I go out searching for a calendar for the upcoming year, I can only wonder what events and memories it will hold. There are most certainly lots of blank spaces yet to be filled, events and appointments yet to be scheduled. But such is life as we know it. And I have found the best thing I can do is to take it one day at a time and hope for all the best, both for myself and for others. Above it all is a faith that knows all things work together for good if I keep my eyes focused on the One that makes it all possible.
“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. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.” ~ Jeremiah 29:11-13
David Lee 