Happy New Year....I think

If someone told me back in 1999 that I'd be facing a huge financial crisis in 2016, I think I might have wanted even more to go back in time. I know that I should be looking forward, not thinking about the economic hole I've gotten myself into by traveling on this road. Yet I can't help thinking of all the life changing experiences I've had as well. This year does promise to change my life in ways I can't even imagine now.

I can't say now what those changes will look like...whether I'll even be around to celebrate 2017. No one really knows, so they tell me. The pressure to create a legacy to leave behind and to preserve legacy grows stronger day by day. I'm realizing more and more that this dependency on electronic devices and systems can only grow stronger as the younger generations are "shut out" from actually reading paper books. They are increasingly more dependent on computers and computer generated machines to do more and more. It is kind of scary.

Then there are those egomaniacs that cry crocodile tears when they know that they are feeding on people's insecurity. Freedoms are being stripped, but no one really understands or cares. I know that it will get worse before it gets better. Modern technology has made it too easy to control every aspect of a person's life. It may seem that you are free to express yourself in any way you want to, but that's not true. Messages, images and other documentation is quite easily manipulated to make someone's life a living hell.

I heard at least a few times these past five days that time is growing short to let people know about the Lord Jesus Christ. So this will be my year to come out and proclaim him as Lord of my life. I will stop with the negative posts and the "pity party" that I've been having. Instead I will embrace the path the Lord has for me and trust him to meet my needs.

No...my status hasn't changed. I'm still on the edge of financial collapse, but I'm trusting God to show me the way out and bless me financially. He has already blessed me by keeping me solvent this far and providing me with opportunities to serve. I am blessed to know the people I've met and am open to meeting new people this year.