The last 365 days have been quite an adventure, to say the least. I’m not one to rate things that happen in my life. Even saying things like “I had a good day,” “I had a bad day,” etc. seem difficult to express and awkwardly subjective. If I say something is good or bad I suppose that I am stating it as kind of a value judgment. And when I do make a judgment I strive for it to be fair and unbiased. Subjectivity in my assessments are not the way I like to do business. Therefore good days and bad days do not exist in my book.
All that said, this year has decidedly been a year of such lows that I would have to rate it negatively. It is the first year in my 4½ decades that I would give either a thumbs up or a thumbs down to. It’s rather disappointing that the first has to be negative, but that’s the way the dust has settled.
Now don’t get me wrong. There have been high moments and mountain top experiences in the last 12 months. I am blessed every week by the weekly breakfast/Bible study I have had with a dear friend since last February. My walk with the Lord was greatly enhanced, especially because of the HeartChange Workshop in October. I had some wonderful weekend getaways with my wife. I have enriched and been enriched by a weekly get together with another dear friend since early summer. This has been a iron sharpening iron experience. I have several men that have come into my life in the last year and made more difference in me that they can ever know. In April, my wife and I attended a weekend marriage conference that was beyond awesome. We have recently started a weekly couples marriage study with two other dear couples. In early summer I began a men’s relational study that consists of a core group of 5 or 6 men. Each week has been intense blessing. We have provision enough to not know one day of want this entire year. The kids are in a great school. My wife is stretching her wings and discovering a richness within herself… and that blesses my heart. We were able to take a family vacation in Alaska over Christmas and New Year’s; experiencing a mesmerizing white holiday season. I am appreciated at work. I have a very close and tight knit group of co-workers. It was wonderful to kick back and enjoy my sons 21st birthday in a patio boat on the lake. This blog itself has been a source of enjoyment as well as outlet.
In the last 52 weeks a lot has transpired, much of it very good. But overall, I’d have to say that vintage 2006 has pretty much been a bummer.
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