Truth Poem
Bringing comfort to the sorrowing,
growing love greater in my soul.
shedding tears over the parting
a soul, just the remnant of autumn's leaves,
crackling under the sorrow that is life.
in the words of Our Father,
if you ask, let Your Will be done.
Just, let it be so,
so that joy will come.
This year has been truly fruitful. It is always a beautiful gift to be able to sit back and reflect on the year gone by and realize the beauty in the messes that it came with. I see my children, struggling and yet flourishing. I see a home that I love and take joy in tending. I see my soul, more vulnerable and in love with its Creator than ever.
Then there is the pain, always present but bearing fruit when I let it. There is joy - not always appearing as happiness - but that everlasting joy that comes from forever desiring and embracing Our Savior and our cross. It is truly a contradiction in this world, but we all know that the cross is folly.
We've gone hiking in new places, discovered that waterfalls exist in Nebraska, started piano lessons, changed our formal dining room for a library that is well utilized. I received the amazing gift of an electric piano for Christmas and birthday from my husband (better for military moves)! One of us saw the Milky Way with the naked eye in the middle of the Indian Ocean (can you guess where?). Family life is vivid and full!
I've prepared a post on the books that I am reading and planning on reading in the new year. I also have some goals with quilting. I barely posted my progress over the past year. There has been plenty!
Compared to this point last year, the year is looking a lot clearer and intentional. Last January, there was a feeling of being a little lost and even overwhelmed. God is granting me many graces, but this time I'm seeing them. Daily praying for His Will and loving His Will is soothing and gripping for my soul.
