As this new year rolls out, you might have already seen a lot of post about reflections for the past year. Lucky ones might share about their wins, blessings, achievements and lessons they learned.

For some, they can only recall the struggles, challenges and difficulties they endured just to finish the previous year. I chanced upon a post from a former colleague of mine advising her followers to be nice, as not all experienced a good turn around last year.

If you are in a period of asking the Lord when will be your time to shine, please know that our Heavenly Father answers our prayers in the best way fitted to his will, to our needs and to our situation, because he knows what’s inside our hearts.

The Holy Spirit guides us to ask for what’s right based on what GOD has placed in our hearts. Do not just ask for material gains or for worldly success. Instead, ask GOD to reveal to us his plans for our lives and for us to have the obedience to follow his will and the courage to pursue it no matter what the circumstances maybe.

Because in the end, Our Heavenly Father’s commendation is better than the people’s applause.

New Year brings new promises – a promise of a brighter future. Most survey says during January, there are a lot of people enrolling in fitness gym. Some are enthusiastic on journaling. While others are passionate on creating goals. These endeavors are nice, but we must remember to start with the essentials first.

Foremost to that is seeking GOD’s will for the year ahead. No matter how good our intentions are, if it’s not part of his plan, it will never succeed. We will only find ourselves exhausted trying to pull out things together just to make it work out.

In the first chapter of the book of Genesis, the fourth word written is “GOD”. It must be wise then to start this year with our Heavenly Father in our minds. We can never go wrong if we do. After all, HE always us in His mind.

I used to be the type of person who knows what to do in her life … has direction, knows what she wants and has a plan…well at least, that’s what I thought I was two decades ago… now 47 years old, I am feeling the midlife crisis… the things I previously pursued and planned to do…I no longer want to continue no matter how much my husband and I spent…now, I feel like I wasted everything – the resources and time which GOD and my loved ones gave me and the opportunity that was given to me – to have a better life. Now, all of them are faded memories… why am I having these realizations now? Because, apart from the fact that I am getting older …I do envy my former colleagues and acquaintances whose lifestyles are much better than mine now …They who did not waste time and fought the fear and apprehension that they have and faced the trials and challenges in their lives and confidently trusted in their abilities and much more to God.

Why is Fickle Minded the title of my entry today? because, that’s how I am …even my husband is going nuts with me because I constantly change my mind … I can blame other people, my past experiences and situations for where I am right now… but what good will it bring? now that I am getting older and I can only do so much, I hold on to God’s promise that he is faithful and never changes his mind and looks after me … even if I make mistakes and sins, he is always there for me … Gradually, I learned how to spend quality time with him and put him first in all the things that I plan to do. With the challenges that I have faced and surpassed, his faithfulness truly manifested.