I know it is cliché to blog on new years eve, talking about the things you are hopeful for in the new year and blah blah blah, but I am in my blogging mood, so please don’t shoot me down 
2010 has probably been the best year for me in the past 5 or so years. I got to experience a lot of broken relationships heal and I could not be more thankful. I graduated high school and moved on to college, a major change that was definitely needed. College brought so many new friendships that I can not be more excited to watch grow as well as wonderful experiences for me to partake in. I have finally found a church that makes me excited to get up on Sunday mornings and I have begun to see what God has blessed me with.
My hopes for 2011?
God will fully open my eyes. Open my eyes to the beauty inside of me and what plans he has for me, open my eyes to what his love can really do for me and how I can share it with the world. Open up my eyes to see blessings he has given me.
God will o p e n my heart. Open up my heart to other broken people in the world, open up my heart to let his love flow out of me and on to others. Open up my heart to want his love over anyone person or object. Open up my heart to those who have hurt me. Let forgiveness, peace and love be the only thing that resides in my heart.
God will fill my mind. Fill my mind with wisdom. Fill my mind with positive words to encourage myself and others around me. Fill my mind with the truth.
to sum it all up, I hope he begins to shape me into the person he planned me to be and that I can be content in knowing I am his and doing good work for him.
As I share these hopes, It begins to encourage me already. Not that I have not already experienced some of those desires, I just want them to become evident to me and constant. I cannot begin to let God do these things until I also put in my effort. I want to begin this new year praying that I will be able to dive into his word on a daily basis and begin knowing him better.
