Faithful: In Memory of 2007
by mathe | Monday, January 7th, 2008 at 5:28 am | Uncategorized |
The year 2007 has gone – with all its trials and triumphs. But the memories remain and they serve as stones of remembrance to mark God’s faithfulness in carrying us through it all. 2007 was particularly blessed for me and my family because it marked the realization of one of our biggest dreams – to be together again as a family after a year’s separation from my husband when he came to work here in England.
It was also a year that saw me without any fulltime work. For all the 12 months of 2007, I was just a stay-at-home mom and wife and only my husband was employed. Because of this, I have seen how faithful my Father is as a Provider. He never allowed any unmet need. Amazing! 
Because of the free time in my hands, I was able to start pursuing my lifelong dream of writing regularly. Yes, I had a glorious time learning to live the life of a writer – penniless but totally gratified by the freedom of being able to express thoughts and translate them into words.
No one in our family was seriously ill last year and this is another cause for deep gratitude. Because of the good health we had, we were able to stand the rigors of re-settling from the Philippines to another country – a severely cold and totally different place. Adjusting to the temperamental English weather and their way of life could have been more daunting had we been sick at any point in time last year. Because we were healthy, we were able to enjoy whatever blessings there were that came our way. We had the occasional colds but nothing more serious than that.
We gained a lot of new, wonderful friends last year due to the change of environment. We may have left a few really precious ones back in the Philippines but God compensated our “loss” with the ones we had the privilege to spend the recent Christmas with.
As a proper ending to this piece which is actually a tribute to God’s faithfulness, His birthday gifts to me and my husband last year need to be mentioned. For my birthday gift, He allowed the family to move into a rented flat on our own. For the first four months within our arrival, we shared a rented house with another family. My heart struggled in different areas in relation to this set up and in an endearingly sweet gesture, the Lord allowed us to have our own place and to transfer to the flat on my very birthday. The landlord determined the day of our transfer – not us. Truly amazing!
The Lord responded to my most urgent need and request and that was His present to me. He knew the depression that was setting in because I was jobless in a foreign land, with domestic issues to deal with all at the same time. He cared about how I felt and He lost no time in acting on my need.
My husband, on the other hand, received his brand new service car from his company on his birthday six weeks after our move. Again, the car dealer determined the date of delivery, not my husband so it must have been the hand of God as well for him to have it on his very birthday. God is so sweet, indeed.
A lot more blessings have come our way last year – as well as problems, trials and disappointments. But they are all gone now and what remains is our hearts full of thanksgiving and our steadfast faith in the One Who has carried us through it all. Goodbye, 2007!
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Hi Mathe, you’ve got to many things to thank about and I too;) Nice post you have here. Ingats friend!