Drawing the year to a close…
It’s almost the end of the year, and I suppose it’s as good a time as any to reflect on the year that has been. It’s been a busy and somewhat crazy one in many ways, but a very satisfying one, too. I’ve sung for so many people this year and have had some great responses and I have been made so welcome by people around the country. It’s been a year of expansion and expression of the divinity that surrounds us daily, but which we are often too busy or distracted to notice.
I saw an interesting post on Facebook earlier today. It said the following:
‘Another year is drawing to a close, which gives an opportunity to look back and see once more what God has done for you during the last twelve months. It will amaze you just how many blessings have come your way! At the same time it’s also good to look back over the year to consider what you have done for Him. It might amaze you how little it really is by comparison.’
I thought this was a really interesting meditation, and I have been thinking about it since. I started to think about everything that I am grateful for this year, and so many things came to mind. It’s so easy to be pessimistic at the moment with so many problems in the world, and especially perhaps as England has been suffering with the weather so much – we’re usually spared the up close and personal natural incidents – the mood of the world seems subdued. But as I take some time out at the end of this year, I am full of gratitude. For my friends, my family, for the work I am given to do, for the calling that I have, for the faith people show in me and the faith I show in them, and the little blessings that remind me that God is there, just over my shoulder.