Wow. I just had arthoscopic knee surgery for a torn medial miniscus. If you ever have to have surgery, this is the one to have. I was on crutches one day and walking the next, taking stairs the next and out with the dogs in four days -- not without limitations, of course, nor some pain, and I did a lot of work in my Sofa Office. haha -- but I'm pretty much back to normal and it hasn't been quite two weeks yet. (No marathons this month.)
My only marathons are book deadlines. I can't wait to tell you about the book I just finished, but since it takes a whole year before it comes out, I might as well wait. Now I'm clearing my desk to begin the next deadline.Some people might not think it's all that thrilling to spend endless hours day and night alone in a room writing, but to me it's the most exciting life. I've taught college fiction, poetry and screen writing for a number of years, and now I've taken off to concentrate soley on the books God has given me to write.
I sometimes miss the students, but then I also miss my former patients from when I was doing counseling full-time, too.
Oh life is full of changes, isn't it?
Which brings me to the subject of change. The number eleven, as in 2011, means transition, and that means change. We are going to be making changes in our lives, in our choices, in our mindsets, and even in direction throughout the coming year.
We can be in charge of those changes by being aware, first of all, of what needs change in our lives. Once we set our minds to make changes that honor God and His Kingdom, He will send angels and His Holy Spirit to make sure we succeed. Also, we're going to see changes that God initiates, and they will be for our good and for His good. The past is over and gone; we are on to new things in God.
"My purpose will be established,
And I will accomplish My good pleasure..."
(Isaiah 46:10b)
A hundred million blessings,
Marie
