A New Year Ahead.

hi all,
wow, this year is ready to go, it's already at the end of January!!!!
i'm happy to say that i expect this year to be great, although probably full of some challenges too.
i'm starting a new course with the Salvation Army, to do with youth work and leadership, and it's still kind of like a dream.
i mean, i've been told before that i'd be a good leader, and i've definitely led stuff before, kids biz, @ camps, helping @ jnr. youth group, but man, me? a leader?
i guess the best bible verse for this would be Jeremiah 29:11!

' "For i know the plans I have for you" declares the Lord, "Plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future". '

it's a great verse that has given me hope in many times of doubt.
i reckon most of the people reading this have heard that verse before, but who has ever read further on? i mean verses 12 and 13? they're pretty good:

' "Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart." '

It makes me think, this year ahead is not about me and what I can do, but about God. this year is about following the plans that God has, not as a mindless zombie but as a person set free by Christ, as someone who knows that God's plans are good and that if i continue faithfully in my relationship with him then i will see countless lives changed and souls saved, by the love of God.
so if you're down and out just know that God WILL listen to you, he IS there and you CAN find him, if you give him your heart. there's no other way.

well, would it be too much to ask for your prayers as i face this new chapter of my life?
God bless, love in Christ Alana;-)