what blessing newness is

Tonight is the last of 2005. I don't know about you, but it was quite a year for me ... I learned a lot, about myself and others, that I will remember for the rest of my life. I'm looking forward to 2006, if for nothing else than because it is a shining, shimmering white page to write on ... a length of white satin, awaiting embroidery and beading ... a blessed new canvas yearning for a paint-bath ... it's New. No mistakes, no wrong word-choices or hasty judgements. No hurts or tears or scars healing over. Of course, that same newness means it is void of laughter, love, memories and delights. No adventures, no discoveries. *sigh* Our mission is to live with all we are, to fill this year with all the good - and to weather the bad like the warriors we are called to be. Thank God we are not alone in that!
Happy New Year, blessings, and a lot of love!