katie rose writes

We all make them. We plan our meals, we plan our trips, we plan our days, we plan everything. As I spoke to someone this morning (in a later-to-be-disclosed location), she asked me if I was a type A person as we discussed college and after I had said I was a planner. I said I wasn't a really big one--75% maybe? Ok, maybe I'll disclose that location at the get-go: I was having this conversation as she--a nurse--prepped me for a scope of my lungs.  You see, and most of you probably know, that recent I have gone through a massive (let's repeat that with drama: MASSIVE) change of plans. I'm not at MC. Instead, I've been sick for almost a month and have been in the hospital for 5 days. Instead of starting classes, I have been a type of guinea pig full of unknown issues. Thanks to a CT scan & scope, we should have results by Tuesday to the multitude of tests that all my doctors have been running on me and continue to run.  You may be wondering what the problem is. ...

Yes, it is a word.  A noun.  With all newness, we enter the new year. But what can that possibly mean?  This morning, I was reminded by a friend's facebook status of a verse from 2nd Corinthians 3.  So, I opened my new Bible (a scary thought for me [maybe I don't like change], but I figured, since I finished reading through my entire Bible last night, we better start fresh in 2012! [sidenote...I cannot even bring myself to write in it yet!]) and turned to that chapter and began to read. It's a really amazing chapter. And it all centers around a particular new--a new covenant. Look specifically at verses 3 following to the end.  We are in a new covenant, not written any longer on tablets of stone (remember the 10 commandments), but on human hearts (look up Ezekiel 11 & 36).  And this new covenant gives us confidence towards God through Christ (see Hebrews 4:16). Our sufficiency is from God alone, we cannot drum it up in ourselves. Which means that w...