Almost every year since I started blogging I have put up a "Year in Review" blog. It one of my faviorte things to do all year while blogging. This year's is different because a lot has happened in 2013, bad, good, and ugly. 2013 was not my year in the slightest, it has been a bear of a year. But when I lined it up I saw something I wasn't expecting.
Good things that happened:
Set a Wedding Date with Michelle
Started playing guitar at church again
Gained a pretty cool Job
Gained great healthy friendships, people I couldn't live with out
Wrote really good songs
Started working out again
Started reading John Steinbeck
Started writing more songs and giving myself challenges when it come to that.
Gained more faith in God, through the bad things that happened.
Bad things that happened:
I lost my job
Left Life teen youth ministry for personal reasons
Missed two opportunities to see Mumford and sons, and they went on hiatus
Didn't do great at School, still didn't get into the college of Education.
Lost friendships
All and all this past year was a very rough year, things didn't happen the way I expected them too. But if I knew how everything was going to happen, what fun would that be. God knows it all and I know I have never been disappointed with his plans. Though I might struggle to accept his future for me at times; I am never disappointed when I do. In Jeremiah it says 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 (29:11). So even if your year seems bad God's plan for you never are meant to harm you. Yes, feelings will be hurt, yes it might cause the ones you love pain. But in those times, those times you have to rely on God the most you get the most blessings and grace. Really I thought this blog was going to be about how no matter what with God we can do all things, I thought I would just dwell on the crap. When I started thinking about it I relized that there has been many more blessings this year then bad things. It is just the bad things seem like terrible heart breaking things, and they are but, God wants us to prosper. It is just some times the bad seems like it utterly devastating, and we won't get past it. The pain slowly goes away and your head starts to clear, who is always there, GOD. and I am never disappointing with his plan.
Cheers,
Bobby
