What a great scripture for the New Year right? Last year was such a bust. I'll be honest with you, it started rocky, peaked mid-year with near melt-down mania and then (thankfully) had nowhere to go but up. This year started with some questions, "Can I really move on from last year? Can the magic of the New Year really give all of us a fresh start? Can I let it go?" I was praying, thinking and finally landed on the classic church answer: go read your Book of Mormon.
Keeping with the whole honesty thing here, it had been a few months since I had taken the time to read my BOM on my own. So after brushing the dust from the cover and getting settled in my squishy bed, I read. I didn't get my answer right away but I felt the need to keep reading... until I hit this scripture and it literally pounced on my heart and wrote itself on my soul. So much doubt melted away and I found myself accepting the mercy of the Atonement, allowing it to penetrate and crumble the wall I had been building around me. Now? Old things are done away, and all things have become new - as promised.
Moments of struggle are still out there, I'm human. It happens. BUT - I have hope that the darkest days are behind our sweet family and a better future than we could have dreamed up is taking over every aspect of our lives. I see it in my husband. I see it in my children. And best of all, I see it in MYSELF. And THAT, dear friends, tells me that the New Year is indeed, magical.
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