Year End Reflections and New Year Resolutions

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Reflections and resolutions. We should always do this. Reflect on the year that has gone by and make resolutions for the new year so that hopefully, we won’t repeat the same mistakes. And yet, there is no point beating yourself up over what has happened and then be overly ambitious for the new year 🙂

It has been a hectic year to say the least. You would have noticed by the very sporadic posts on this blog and over at Building Up Moms. Trust me, it wasn’t because I had nothing to say! 🙂 I just didn’t have the frame of mind nor the time to write.

The biggest thing was, I would suppose, having PSLE loom over us 🙂 Even if we didn’t want to get stressed, questions people around asked would invariably trigger some sort of stress response in me 😛 As I have said before, I felt as though our whole lives were being judged by the outcome of PSLE. How silly isn’t it? 🙁 But the fact is our homeschool “experiment” was put to the test.

Well, God came through for us as He said He would. David did well in our eyes and was even interviewed by Straits Times 🙂 So one down, 6 more to go! 😀 But seriously, in a way, David’s PSLE results affirmed for me that what we are doing is working and I am encouraged to keep on keeping on. Even when the going gets tough – which can be rather often 🙁

Health wise, we had yet another child who had to wear glasses – sigh. Then there were lots of variation of allergy attacks – in the form of eczema, blocked noses, blinking eyes, unexplained spasms and even aches and pains. It has been stressful dealing with all the permutations throughout the year. But God was faithful…again 🙂 And so we press on.

Ministry wise, dh’s schedule has been packed! Which also means I had to hold the fort alone more. Tension rose and had to be addressed and resolved. Again….God came through for us! Halleluah!

Personally, I have gone through a second round of Oswald Chambers’ My Utmost for His Highest and I am grateful at how God has used it to speak to me again and again even though I do not have the time to spend hours meditating on His Word. Indeed “He gently leads those that have young”! (Is 40:11).

God has been using the devotional to remind me again to remember His call upon my life and to heed that call to the exclusion of all else. Focus on obeying Him. Don’t get distracted.

So that will be my single resolution – Work on fulfilling His call upon my life so that I can indeed sum up my life in 6 Words That Say It All.

May you have a blessed new year as you heed His call on your life!

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