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2015: New Year, New Adventures

Happy New Year!! I can not believe we are already in to 2015. I hope you had a wonderful Christmas and New Year time, mine was quiet but very much needed. I was exhausted after the end of the year and so was very much glad of the relaxation and time with family. Love a good nap haha!!

So looking back over 2014, how did you feel about that year? I had an interesting year, it was a bit quieter at times as I was no longer travelling with the band but then it got crazy busy at the end of the year. I'll be honest and say that at times through out the year I felt a bit directionless, a bit of a drifter but then I also felt like it was a year to refresh a bit, connect again with people and connect with me. I felt God was saying to trust him and I'm thankful for the year. I have had great times with friends, grown relationships, meet new people, auditioned lots, been a 2 TV series, done makeup for films, weddings & formals, performed at new places, performed two shows Legally Blonde (where I did have fun playing a role different to myself haha) and For Unto Y'all, I won some awards, watched my sister be commissioned as a Minister, cried, laughed, been amazed and asked lots of questions.

So now 2015 is here and I kind of don't know what to expect, there are a few things planned a trip overseas (yes I did get tickets to Gallipoli so will be at the Centenary Celebrations!!), a fringe show with my sisters and Mum, maybe another musical (auditions coming up), it is also my 10 year anniversary with Mary Kay on Saturday 10th Jan!! I have been a part of that wonderful company for 10 years and I feel blessed. So will celebrate that this year and want to move to Directorship. But then I still feel a little like "What am I here for?" and I have been asking God to show me where he wants me. Its funny at the start of 2014 I shared with you that I felt God was telling me No Fear and I think that is true for the year, I did try things I wouldn't, I allowed some things to follow their own course and allowed God to work through me in situations. As the year was wrapping up and I was asking who/what and why? a verse kept coming to me, literally I saw it most days because I had pinned on Pinterest a pic of the verse almost a year ago and all of a sudden people kept liking or repining it and so it kept notifying of this. So here it is Isaiah 46:4....



It is a promise and a constant reminder that I am a child of God, he guides me, he watches over me and he protects me. I don't need to worry about what's going to happen, how its going to happen or where I just have to trust. So often I think our minds are filled with so much, questions, theories, social media pumps it into us a constant stream of information and really our lives don't have to be complicated, we can find rest and get through situations or get answers to our questions. This verse makes it simple I think, its a statement of who we are and what God wants for us. I want to live a more simple life.

So as we head into this year (yes still not knowing what is happening haha!!) I pray you will be blessed, enjoy the year, have new adventures and make new friends but also you will learn to trust and will grow.

Bec x

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