To recap a few highlighted nuggets:
Flee idolatry--fly away from idolatry. God doesn't want us to simply run away from placing things above Him, but He wants us to run so fast it's like we are flying. He's that serious. He doesn't want us flirting with other lovers, lovers who won't satisfy and who bind us in a never-ending cycle of desiring love only to find artificial love. He wants to be number one in our lives, to be all we think about, to be all we love, to be all the reason we do things.
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God wants us to grow. And growth is rooted in love for God. And abiding in Christ bears us fruit(growth).
Lessons are given by God in variety of methods. But lessons don't make us grow. It is by applying the lessons we learn that we grow.
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Don't be anxious. And cast those worries and anxieties on Christ. It does us absolutely no good to get worked up over a situation. God knows all and sees all and can work things out accordingly to perfection--not us.
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Smile before you go crazy. I learned that scientifically, smiling releases endorphin or something into your brain, which causes you to be happy(ier). So the study went to show that if you make a habit of smiling, even if the situations are less that happy, you will become happy. So, before you become crazy from anxieties or sadness or whatever, SMILE!
There were so many lessons, so if you want, you can just go through this year's entries. The four things here are a few things that are still fresh in my mind, or that are stronger pressing. May God grant me the strength and determination to apply what I learn.
And may you also apply whatever God has taught you this year. Don't simply learn--apply; and grow.
