How do i Sum up this year?

Today I was reflecting on how to describe this past year.  To sum it all up I would describe it as a mixture of great emotions that were also answers to some past prayers;

1^st   Our family started off the year with the loss of my father-in-law.  Through this difficult time we were blessed with the reunion of some amazing family members which I got to meet for the first time.  I saw my husband break down emotionally and saw him be vulnerable.  He was able to finally show a side of himself to his relatives that they probably would have never been able to see unless it was through the experience of suffering a great loss.  He loves his family very much but always found it difficult to show it to them.  I’m glad that little by little he’s opening the door to show his family that he truly does love them.

2^nd I had to make the decision along with my sister to close our business office.  It seemed daunting at the time since we had put into our business so much of our own personal savings.  As daunting as this decision was it brought me a sense of relief.  I had begun my year with the determination to simplify my life.  I was determined to enjoy every minute that I had with my family.  Making the decision to close the office and work from home allowed me to focus on my family more.  Believe it or not it actually allowed me to get more work done as well.  So to me it became a win win situation!

3^rd I saw my family members struggle with some different obstacles.  There were health scares; emotional scares and then the fear of having my brother join the army.  Needless to say there was a lot of emotionally draining moments this year.  The amazing thing is that God saw us all through these moments with good health and putting in place our emotions as difficult of a task as that may seem at times. 

4^th I am truly blessed and happy.  God is so good!  He puts in place everything that needs to be in order. 

I know what you must be thinking as you started reading my post, what a horrible year this might have been!  Even thou it might have seemed that way through all these different challenges God brought me and my family thru and thru each challenge and we were able to find new blessings.  No matter how bad things may seem at times there is always a purpose for good.  It is what the word of God says;

“You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.” Genesis 50:20