For four and a half years, 1,671 days, I have shared my thoughts, my dreams, my disappointments, my failures, my schemes, my experiences and my feelings with you. As I wrote each day, I knew the importance of directing you to God, His promises and guidelines, and most of all His love and grace. This was an important piece to Full Measure of Joy.

As this day dawned, my heart was at peace with a decision I’ve made. To stop writing a blog post every day.

You have been very patient with me. You’ve read old blog posts for months this past year. I appreciate your willingness to stick by Full Measure of Joy through each of those repeated blog posts, but you, my reader, deserve more and to be honest, I just don’t have the personal bandwidth to continue to write every day.

So here is my plan for my writing each week.

Monday’s…of course I can’t give up music, so I’ll share something with you on Monday’s.

Wednesday’s…this will be an encouraging day to help you (and me) get through the week.

Friday’s…a day of celebration, in anticipation for the weekend!

My life is full. Not just with busyness (even though I am that), but it is filled to the brim with all the good that God has prepared for me. From my church work to my family, each area of my life is filled to overflowing and in some areas, spilling out. But these are all beautiful blessings from God my Father and I am blessed beyond what I could have imagined.

In regard to my writing, I would not be here, in this moment, writing these words without the prompting from God. He knew what I needed to get me through this season of my life. Words to page. And that was such a healing balm.

And because writing has become such a blessing to me, you know this isn’t the end. There are current projects and several on the horizon. It’s for these things I’m working on that I need more time (and brain functionality) to spend crafting them. What is to come is very exciting.

Thank you for sticking by me and Full Measure of Joy. It’s been a fabulous journey! You’ve joined me along the way. God has carried me through most of it. And for all the experiences, tears, joy and growth that has happened on this journey, I am thankful.

1 Peter 1:18-21 from the Message is a great way to think of a journey. It will be my thoughts today on this new chapter of Full Measure of Joy.

“Your life is a journey you must travel with a deep consciousness of God. It cost God plenty to get you out of that dead-end, empty-headed life you grew up in. He paid with Christ’s sacred blood, you know. He died like an unblemished, sacrificial lamb. And this was no afterthought. Even though it has only lately—at the end of the ages—become public knowledge, God always knew he was going to do this for you. It’s because of this sacrificed Messiah, whom God then raised from the dead and glorified, that you trust God, that you know you have a future in God.”

I pray that you will find great encouragement in these words today my friend. Blessings upon your day ahead.

Grace and peace be yours in abundance,

Donna