There were so many things that my family and I let go of and so many new things we embraced as new. We truly experienced a powerful newness to our life.
God told my husband to go a different route with our life and we did and God really has been showing us we have a future doing a work for Him. There is no longer a ceiling above us saying we can't do anything, if anything, God is finally unlimited in what He can do. Do whatever God tells you to do, follow His Voice and you will find He opens doors, provides and does all manner of miracles as you walk in faith!
We also had some challenges this year, one was my husband losing his job due to company cuts. However, my husband said, that is ok, God will open another door and put applications in and was going to a lot of interviews. Then, he finds out management at his job, along with other top people that knew him, said they can't let him go. They got a lawyer involved and found a workaround with the union to keep my husband's job. Not only that but he got moved to a new position and making more.
At the beginning of this year, I was finally able to face my fear and sing in front of people thanks to our previous Pastor here. He helped me in more ways than any Pastor I ever had by putting confidence in me. I'm forever grateful for what he did for me. The first song that I sang was, "I'm no Longer a Slave to Fear." It was powerful and I wasn't even nervous! It was a major victory for me to break through my insecurities and just be who I am.
We also traveled a lot, putting about 20K miles on our car this year. We made new friends, went to revivals, youth events for our daughter and visited family.
We have experienced a lot of growth this year in our faith in God, standing in God and becoming aware of our destiny in God. It was truly a year of letting go and embracing the new. What a year!
I will leave you with the song that started my freedom in January, I sang this version of it:
