When a new year looms in the quickening future I think it is obvious that all that I am going through is not ‘out of the blue’ but more a tell tell sign of the fact that I am in need of gearing up and refocusing my efforts.
If I were to think back to this time last year I remember watching the movie Julie & Julia on the plane home from Rome in November and then at the end of November listening to Paula D’Arcy at a luncheon and being inspired by a talk she’d given, expressing that we just need to ‘show up’ for God in our daily life, and to recognize how God ‘show’s up’ for us. As the weeks moved forward and I began to ‘refocus’ and gear up for a new year I realized I wanted to do this project. I wanted to take an entire year and focus on how God shows up in our daily life, even in the mundane of our dialy life. Better yet I wanted to chronicle how I might have managed to ‘show up’ for Him. I think this years project has been successful but as the year has been coming to a close I think God has been redirecting my focus to guiding me on to where I really need to be.
Once again I’m finding clarity and excitment in my ‘mission’ and the year to come. I do believe 2011 will be full of miracles and surprises and I’m certain some sorrow as well but now I know what i need to do to ‘focus’ and I intend to be serious about it as well. Not just on my mission but on my health and on my family.
I’m glad we came to my parents house because stepping away from all that our home calls me into I’ve been able to take some much needed time away from the ordinary ‘mundane’ to step outside of my box and look in to get redirected. I think we all need to do this in this week as we count down these last few days of the year. What will your focus be for 2011?
May God bless you in your discernment!
Blessings
Shannon