| I was just browsing through facebook and there were a lot of statuses about what people learned this year and it got me thinking about what I learned this year. It's been awhile since I posted anything significant, but I guess this is the kind of stuff I'm supposed to post in here. These are the things I've learned:
1. Professional life - how to do it. Email writing, organizational skills, making realistic estimates, being punctual (sort of), etiquette. Important life skills.
2. Friendship - what it means, how to make and keep friends. Honestly, its something that I had never understood before, making it rather hard to maintain friendships in my life. I am only now beginning to understand and do the things that normal people do to maintain friendships. This is thanks to all of the amazing people in my life that have shown me first what it is to give and sacrifice for others. But more than that, its thanks to God, who gives me the heart to even begin to love others and make an effort. Which brings me to... 3. God is good, merciful, gracious, forgiving, and all too real. I can't even begin to describe all the ways that I've been able to experience God this year. All I can say is that 2011 was a year when my faith was permanently and drastically changed. I went from struggling to know God amidst all my sin and distractions of this world, to knowing what it is like to walk with God. And not for just days or even weeks at a time as had been in the past, but months at a time. I've been able fully accept the sacrifice that His son made on the cross for me and cling on to it with everything that I have. And because of that, I've been able to worship Him in amazing ways. With that said, I can only look forward to His continued promises in 2012... Happy New Year. =] |
