Last look at 2013 (sort of). Pressing on toward 2014.

As I look back to the past year, I see that there are more than a few things that I wish I had done, things that I shouldn't have done, stuff that were better left unsaid, words that should have been expressed... And things that I wish never happened...

I will not try to redeem the Time lost to wrong choices or choosing not to choose and will deliberately chalk it all up to learning. Such as learning about forgiveness and starting over...

"If God can forgive me and is ready to give me another shot, why do I waste time making all sorts of excuses instead of moving on and not making the same mistake again?" 
~from http://flipfloptrekker.blogspot.com/2013/01/not-quite-vanity.html

New year spells fresh start, pressing onward, never backward...

"Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus." ~Philippians 3:13-14

Yes, I choose to press on. To persevere. And also, to be grateful. Grateful for family, grateful for second chances, grateful that a new year is about to begin, grateful for what 2013 has been and has given. Grateful even if the past year has also taken much.

The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; may the name of the Lord be praised.”  ~Job 1:21

As the midnight hour approaches, it dawns on me that Wishing is for the past. It is with Praise and Hope that I'll look forward to the new year.

Hope that God’s grace will see us through another year just as it carried me and our family through the past year. It’s the moments when I tried to walk by sight and not by Grace that my steps faltered. So I’ll start this year with a simple prayer that God will give us His constant grace to live by Faith.

 For we live by faith, not by sight. ~2 Corinthians 5:7


I look back once. Then move forward. And I will remember to always look Up.