In addition to being CEO of Clavier Chanean LLC, I am a senior accounting and reporting specialist for the largest custodial bank on the planet. I process dozens of trades a day. As you can imagine, each trade must have a unique identifier so it can be found in the future for research or verification. The first series of numbers of this identifier suggests the date. Today, December 18, 2009 shows like this: 109352 - which breaks down to 1 - place number; 09 year; 352 day of the year. That's right, this is the 352nd day of the year, and there are 13 days left in 2009. It's time to start thinking about resolutions - if that's your thing. I am gearing up to begin my 40 day fast on January 1, 2010. This has been quite a year for me, but as my mother tells me when I have the audacity to complain, "If God had done for me what He's done for you this year, I wouldn't have time to complain - I'd be too busy giving him praise!" This reminder, as well as scripture (Luke 12: 6-7, Philippians 4:4, Joshua 1:5) sustains me. There is no way that you could have told me on January 1, 2009 that my daughter would be cured of sickle cell anemia. But this summer -after a bone marrow transplant donated from her brother- she is!!!! There is no way I thought I'd be at a job that I look forward to coming to every morning. My boss is great. My co-workers are funny. The company is aware of my daughter's health status, and have been extremely generous with my absences to care for her. I had been looking for another job for SOOOOOOOOO long, and had begun to get discouraged because so many doors were being closed before me. However, Jeremiah 29:11 tells me "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." Comfort, reassurance, peace found right in the word. And as I sit here on my lunch hour, let me tell you He will come through. So, I challenge you to forgo your resolutions and focus on what God has in store for you. If your destiny in 2010 is anything like my 2009, God is about to blow your mind! Hold on to your hat!!!!!