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After I removed my bedroom calendar I decided to sit down and take one last peek at all that I had experienced in 2004. I wanted to spend a little time reflecting on the big and small events that I deemed important enough to record. As I turned the pages of the old calendar the goodness of the Lord was immediately evident.
As I reflected on the vacation dates written in big, bold letters and punctuated with “happy faces”, I thanked God for the many opportunities that I had to relax and travel during 2004. Although having a full time job was sometimes stressful I was thankful for being employed. I realized that many people entered the New Year without a source of income.
I smiled to myself as I noted the birthdays of loved ones. These were the special people in my life who lived to celebrate another year of life in 2004. I cherished the rush of memories that flooded my mind as I remembered all the birthday cakes that were cut, the songs that were sung and the candles that were blown out in their honor. There were so many individuals who did not get to turn a year older.
Some months were marked with various doctor appointments. I thanked God that I had good health insurance and a caring doctor who was able to make a diagnosis and administer the proper treatment whenever I was unwell. God answered my many prayers for healing from a variety of minor ailments. In 2004 many people developed medical conditions that were not as easily treated.
There were many hair appointments scheduled, and although this may be considered a simple luxury to some, I remembered the many men and women who lost their hair during chemotherapy treatments throughout the year, and who never had the opportunity to visit a barber or hairdresser.
As I continued to turn the pages I recalled the day my sister left home for her first year of college and the happy and sad emotions that I experienced that day. I thanked God for keeping her safe while she was away from home and for allowing her to return safely three months later for Christmas break. During 2004 I was also reunited with two high school friends. It was fun to recall the plans that we made during their brief visits. I wondered about the lonely life of those who have no one to miss or to be reunited with.
I was so overwhelmed with thanksgiving after I finished reading the calendar that I decided to write in my journal for the very first time in 2005:
January 1, 2005
Today is a beautiful day because I am alive.
I have strength in my body, use of my limbs,
and a mind that is sound.
Today is a wonderful day because I can feel the
warmth of the sun, the wind on my face
and the ground beneath my feet.
Today is a blessed day because God watches
over my family and friends
while they work and play.
Lord, I thank you for every breath that I am able to take
to praise you for seeing yet another day.
As I hung up my new bedroom calendar my heart was filled with joy and as sense of security, as I entered a New Year knowing that the Lord would take care of me just as He did the year before.
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