What Does Your Heart Need This Year?

What will 2010 be for you?

Hello friends!  It seems so passe to just say “Happy New Year” to hearts close to us such as yours.  And “happy” doesn’t quite cover it.  And “wishing” doesn’t work for me either.  It’s more like “An Alive and Awake New Year” to you.  Or “Hopeful Discovering to You This Year”.  And, just how does our walk with God fit into a “happy new year”.  “Journey alive and awake alongside God this year” is good.  I just don’t think Hallmark’s gonna pick it up.

But that is indeed our prayer for ALL OF YOU.

And, to go together.

I’m in touch with a lot of my friends from the U.S. on a regular basis.  And, boy oh boy, Fear is powerfully there.  Fear of financial ruin.  Fear of war.  Fear of the future.  And as I pray through this, last year and now this year, “together” and “community” seem to rise.  The support of like hearts.  The pooling of talents.  The joy of togetherness.  The support during sadness.  So, so important.

With that, we will continue to open our house on Sunday nights, beginning on January 17th.  At 7pm until 9pm.

We want one more week to discern direction.  And, that’s where you come in.

What does your heart need this year?  What’s God asking?  Oooh, can you feel the level of question change?  Maybe an aversion to taking it too deep?  Friends, the heart is key.  It’s where we need to go for life to the fullest.  It’s the reason for Christmas.  He came for our hearts.

We love you.  We look forward to an incredible year.

Doug and Judy

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As we start this new year, where do you feel your heart needs to come alive? What is your deepest desire for 2010? Not “what do you want to accomplish” or “what are your goals” (the gym was ridiculously and hilariously full tonight!). But what does the deepest part of you need this year? Where is God taking you?

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