Final Echoeing Thoughts of 2008!

I stand, as it were,on the precipice of Time.Looking ahead I see the prospects of a brand new year;truly a gift,this gift of life.Looking ahead,it is indeed a precipice into the unknown for we know not what awaits.I do know however,that I am holding the Hand of one Whom I can trust to lead me safely through the unknown.
Turning away from the edge,I peer back into the year that was.I listen closely as echoes come crashing through the air.A voice on the phone bringing me to my knees,my heart wounded with all they had to say;sounds of happy laughter that I recognize as my three little grandsons.Through the fog,I hear the silent,uncontrollable heart sobbing-at the final farewell of a sister,so dear,I recognize myself.Voices of love,mother's day greetings,some cold shoulders of shunning,anxious voices of loved ones in the hospital waiting rooms all echo back to me.A special echo resounds loud and clear;that of my 6 year-old grandson,Phoenix declaring that :his Grammy made the best macaroni and cheese in the whole wide world"In the midst,another phone call echo that of a family member,saying their world had been jerked out from under them.We all cry and grieve silently with them.
I could go on and on about what was,but I would rather dwell on what is and I hear through all the muddle and chaos of parts of 2008,the Supreme Echo,my Father in Heaven saying,"I am the Lord,I change Not""I will perfect that which concerneth thee""