the new year

Something happened. As soon as the clock struck January 1st, 2011, my mind instantly referred to this new year as a new season. Translation, "Spring". Only problem is, we are halfway through winter with no signs of green grass or tulips on the horizon. That does not stop my pattern of thought, however! Because the Lord is doing a new thing! I am SO excited with what this new year holds, and for what God is going to reveal to me. Everyday I just feel so grateful for everything. I could go on and on...

Music is blossoming in my life. I got a glockenspiel (YES) for my twenty-first birthday and have been writing new tunes like the dickens since last September. It's nearly effortless to sing/create new melodies about what God has done and what He's doing when it springs up so naturally from my heart.

The time spent in Kansas City over Christmas break was priceless: God revealed more of His mysterious self to me and caused my soul to crave Him even more than before. In Him is where I am found, and where I am fully alive! My God's not dead, He's surely alive, He's living on the inside, roaring like a lion!

I cannot wait to see what this year will hold. And right now it's only the beginning!

- N