New Year on an Old Bookshelf

       I think this is my last "New Year" entry one. I have been wanting to write one about an old bookshelf I have since October but am just getting to it now. I think it would be a great way to explain how the New Year will go. You have an old bookshelf that you can put new books on about your life in a new year. It is like you can build onto your old year by adding books to it now.
       I see it that way as God is giving me new words/phases and goals for this coming year. He is making me a new person and showing me things that really does matter and make me who I am. As I look back at last year, my word was "trust" and there were things that I had to trust God about weather in my personal life or career life. I just had to trust in what God was doing and believe that it was good for me. I will admit that I have had to trust God in different friendships and career spots this year but I'm thankful for each change because it has worked on me in different ways. God had a plan for everything that has happened. 2014 and Trust is my old, dark, wooden bookshelf that my 3rd grandpa made for me when I was very little.
       Now the books I'm going to put on it will be about 2015 and the word "truth" and the phase "breaking down walls". The stories are going to be about the real me. Not the fake me that everyone would like to know. Not the me that is trying to fit in with the different groups around me. The real me. I already have 3 titles for 3 books on the shelf. The titles are beauty, the heart, and acceptance.
       Just like my grandpa that made the bookshelf. He made me the way I am today. I like the same things he does and spent the first 4 years of my life with him. I was his little girl and always will be. I know he is sitting by God watching over me and giving agreeing with God on what he wants my life like. It is funny how God gives us words or phases to go by each year if we would just listen and how if we get them how they can connect to the year before. I'm wondering right now what is going getting me ready for in the future ahead. Trust and Truth? Those words can go with a lot of things.
         This past year was my first year in the same true spot at my job. Can't believe I stayed in the spot for a year. That is part of trusting God. Trusting that He has me in that sport for a reason. The reason was just to be there for the children and my co-workers. It is giving Him the trust that things will work out like they should at work and through people. It is the trust that He will give me the courage to start new things. I know there was a lot more trusting Him then that last year but those are the things I can think about without looking back and reading things.
         I'm putting books of truth on a shelf of trust. The truth can be new and/or deeper friendships, new place of living, new goals, or a lot more things. It could even be a truth book of who I really am in God. I can start new things this year and see the truth it brings out in me. I really can't wait to see what kind of books God wants to put on my shelf of trust. It is kind if like I'm a shelf of trust for God and He is giving me His Truth to put out on the world. To change the world. It works both ways. The shelf for me and the shelf for God. The truth for God and the truth for me. It is a win/win situation.
       
         Challenge: What stories of Truth are you going to put on your bookshelf of Trust in God in 2015?