So it's 2008...

Yeah we made it...I vowed I wouldn't compose some silly note or e-mail reflecting on 2007 and welcoming 2008 but I'm awake and hey why not write? right? lol

So, I can't say that 2007 was a year of strife or that I was put through a lot of hell or whatnot, but it was a year of completion. I did some research and it made total sense. In the Bible three is often interpreted as being spiritually complete (the so-called Trinity, three Patriarchs—Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, etc). Four represents physical completion (four sides of a square room, four corners, four directions). Using this reasoning, combinations of three and four represent total completion. This would include twelve—three times four—(tribes of Israel, apostles) and seven—three plus four—(days of week). I went on to meditate on scripture surrounding this number and my theory and I found two scriptures that I will stand on to jump right into 2008...which for me...is the year of new beginnings. Those scriptures are:

Psalm 12:6—" The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times."
Proverbs 9:1—"Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars."
I believe that those two scriptures describe exactly what happened in my life in 2007. I began to really recognize the word of God as bond (you know like...word is bond son? yeah that, lol) and I used that wisdom to build my house (figuratively since I pray that the house I live in was built with more than 7 pillars, lol).

I have always been taught that, at least in Christianity, 8 signifies a new beginning. This is illustrated by the facts that God designed the eighth day to begin a new week, circumcision took place on the eighth day, and there were eight people on Noah's Ark. If I remember correctly, it also signifies grace. To me...that's all I need for 2008. His Grace...that's why I chose just that (sort of) for my license plate. It says "Gra8ful" Why? because that's what I am...Grateful for His Grace. Notice the 8 in there too...to signify I'm also grateful for a new beginning. I wont go into explicit detail but there are some things that I needed to be freed from and God did just that.

With that being said...if I offended you in 2007, I apologize; however I can't take back what I said. If I hurt you in 2007, I apologize; but I can't take back what I did. If I befriended you in 2007, thank you for being a friend. If I cut ties with you in 2007, apparently there was something missing between the two of us. If I said something that you thought was rude or unnecessary...it probably needed to be said, but I will apologize for the delivery. If this apology isn't enough for you...I don't know what else to tell you. :)

Happy New Year people! I pray that your 2008 is filled with new opportunities and that you not only recognize them...you SEIZE them!

Love,

The one...the only...Lady Doss

-P.S. "Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you."--Carl Sandburg

Remember for 2008...don't spend major time...with minor people.