Last night, while others in the blogoshere were being young/old fogey’s, I went to a bonfire with a friend. His church has some empty land behind their main building that they are in the process of clearing to build an addition to their church. Well, last night they had a bonfire, complete with s’more fixin’s, fellowship, and praise and worship. At around 11:30 about six different guitars were going and 30 voices were singing out. The focus was on all the Lord had done in 2005 and all the He will do in 2006. It was really special. No one knew exactly when the clock changed from 11:59pm, Dec. 31, 2005 to 12:00am, Jan. 1, 2006 but all of a sudden fireworks went off across the street and lots of screaming and yelling started. In complete contrast, our little group was silently praying and as my ears were filled with the pop and crackle of the fireworks they were also filled with the whispered prayers of my brothers and sisters. It was quite magical! As a sat there staring into the fire listening for my Lord’s still small voice I thought about all the amazing things that have happened in my life this past year.

I went to Hawaii in January. I turned 24 in February. In March I filled out my application for graduation. In April, I met Randy and the Exodus gang. I donned the graduation cap and gown in May and later in the month I faced one of the most difficult spiritual battles of my life. In June I began persuing a ministry position with Exodus International. I broke my ninth bone in July and found out that the job I desperately wanted was mine. In August I fully realized that taking said job meant I had to move to Florida. In September I left everything that was familiar to me to follow my Lord and I began a new season of my life in Orlando. I was in wedding number seven, in October and realized that ALL of my core group of girlfriends were married and that I was finally okay with that. By November I had finally unpacked all of my boxes and breathed a sigh of domestic relief. Finally, in December, I started my very blog! 

How did I get here? Why me? What is so great about Kathryn? Isn’t there someone else that could do this better? There have been many times over the course of this year that I have asked these questions and yet the answer is always that the sovereignty of God does not always make sense, and I remain in awe that I have a part in that sovereignty. Who wants a God that they can understand, anyhow?

As the adventure continues for me and my Lord I pray that you will begin one of your own with Him. I hope that 2006 is for you what 2005 was for me; an amazing adventure with our Awesome God! He will rock your world in the best way possible…if you let Him.