New Year, New Me

I don't think I've ever been more excited for a new year.

Looking back on 2010, I think it went by way too fast at times.

Other times, I feel like it couldn't go any slower.

But, it made me such a better person.

I wouldn't trade a single second of it for anything.

Sure, there are some parts (well...actually a lot of parts) that I really wish I wouldn't have happened.

But, God has used every experience, good or bad, to make me a better person.

I do feel like a different person than I was last year.

I'm starting this new thing in my life.

It's called being real.

Yeah, I know.

It's not super profound or anything like that.

But, it's something I've struggled with for a long time.

I try to maintain this image that everything is perfect.

But, this year I'm going to try to change that.

I'm going to accept that fact that I will never be perfect.

But, I serve a God who is, and His grace is enough to cover all my sins.

I've fallen in love with this song by Addison Road.

They played it at the concert of theirs that I went to about a year and a half ago (I can't believe it's been so long).

It's called Start Over Again, and it's so encouraging.

It talks about how you can let go of your past and start over again.

That's what I want to do in 2011.

Let go of the junk in my past that I continue to let control me.

As much as it hasn't done anything for me, I let it have free reign in my life.

I'm trying to move on, and I know it won't be easy.

In the face of trials, I may be reminded of some of the junk from my past.

But, I can't let that make me feel like I'm worthless like I usually do.

I'm finding my worth in God, and to Him, I have beauty beyond compare.

Wow...that was a total BG song quote.

But, that's really what I'm excited about for 2011.

I expect God to do huge things in my life.

I have a lot of other goals for 2011, but that's what everything boils down to.

God's going to do awesome things in my life.

I just have to trust Him and trust in His plans for my life.

Here's to a wonderful new year!!!!

-Kati