What a Year Holds

Dear Devotional Readers,

I have been spending some time thinking back to 2008. It was a year that saw some change for me as well as some much needed steps of growth. I have relearned some truths and then relearned them again...and again. I have been reminded on a daily basis that God's grace is not only sufficient but extremely necessary!

I want to take a moment to thank each of you who read the devotionals. I have been touched by your emails that let me know God used His thoughts through me to reach needed parts in you. Without a doubt, you are the reason I write them. While I do not personally know how many individuals read the devotionals on any given day, God does, and He has assured me they will reach the ones they are intended for. In that I rest and rejoice!

As I have looked back at the 270 plus devotionals that God led me to write in the past 12 months, I am filled with gratitude for the work He has sought to do in me and it is my desire that His work not be in vain. I have often wondered if God would rather have me go through one particular book of the Bible but so far that has not been His leading. For now, He continues to direct me to simply share with others what He is teaching me on a daily basis. His requirements are simply for me to stay transparent so others can see the heart behind the words and stay general enough so they can slip their own stories into the scenarios.

For those of you who have prayed for me at any time, I thank you. Please know your prayers have been felt and are effective. Eternity will reveal that more fully.

God's blessings on each of you in this new year. May each of us be further along on our journey by this time next year.

Journeying on!
Pam Shattuck

Fearless Heart - Point of Grace
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E487moHf0gQ

Fixing my eyes on Jesus, the Author and Finisher of my faith!