Bringing in the New Year
For though a righteous man falls seven times, he rises again, but the wicked are brought down by calamity. – Prov. 24:16
“Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. Failure is delay, not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead end. Failure is something we can avoid only by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing. – Denis Waitley
Boy I am glad 2009 is over, what a year. It’s funny how things can change, 2002 to 2008 we were riding high, we were living in sunny Southern CA, where the weather was perfect, we had a nice home there that had appreciated substantially since we purchased it, I was at the top of my game, doing a couple of world tours each year, etc, etc. Last year was a very different story, things started unraveling with the fallout in real estate, then the tour market, my little brother died unexpectedly, etc, etc. We went from feeling that God had abandoned us to realizing that no matter how dark things got, that He was always there riding out the storm with us and sustaining us through the rough waters. I have come to realize what Francis Schaeffer was always saying, “it is just the warp and woof of life” and the cycles that we are thrown into, but in the end it all works together for good. This is no longer rhetoric for me, but something I am starting to grasp. We are praying and hoping that 2010 will be one of the good cycles for all of us, but being a realist and paying attention to the prophets of the day, I think 2010 will be a wild ride. The storm will probably be a little darker and more threatening than ever before, but the intensity of His light will also shine brighter than ever before. The kind of stage being set brings out the dooms-day cynics, but it also wakes up the heroes. On that note; If I was to pick out a platoon of soldiers to go into battle, I would say it would be the crews I have worked with over the years. I count myself blessed to have worked with the best.
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