Happy New Year!

I know I'm a little late but that's ok right?  Oh what a year we have had in our house.  A year chock full of firsts.  A year, often terrifying.  But watching God move has been so amazing.  As I reflect back on the year past (2011, that is)I am speechless.  It started off much like any other new year. By SPRING our daughter was faced with a huge decision...by SUMMER she was a small business owner, by FALL she had about 70 students and by WINTER she was dancing down Main Street with a group of about 35 kids in our small city's "Welcome Santa" parade.  This past year we completely renovated her dance studio, created a summer schedule and had about a dozen students to pull her through the summer.  Had a small dance camp where all the little girls put on a daily five minute show for their parents.  Things are happening so fast that it is all we can do but hold on tight and watch God work.  All the glory goes to Him. 

Flash forward (that is how it feels to us) and now we have ordered costumes and they are coming in almost every day.  Boxes of sparkling, glittering costumes are sitting waiting for our spring showcase which we are in the process of planning.  We have our theater.  It's a beautiful theater.  We have many, many ideas and it's exciting and scary all at the same time.  Dances have begun,  plans are being made our new year is full of more firsts.

Our Bible tells us that God will give us wisdom if we ask Him.  Oh how very often I have prayed for this wisdom.  Oh how He has worked out the details.  Sure we'll make some mistakes, but like I always told my daughter in school...mistakes are how we learn.  We'll just learn from them and continue to pray and allow God to lead. 


If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.  But when he asks, he must believe and not doubt, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.   James 1:5-6

Blessings! 
Joyce Marie