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Happy New Year! A Faith Barista’s Whitespace

By Bonnie Gray • January 1, 2010 • 30 Comments

Happy New Year!

I wish you the best of everything good and beautiful.  We have a fresh new year for God to fill.

Whatever you’re doing today, enjoy thoroughly — the simple, the small, the everyday – God is there.  May He give us just what we need and even more.

This Faith Barista is taking a week off blogging to retreat to my Whitespace.

It’s my way of giving the first fruits of the year to quiet and be filled.

We each have a different way of giving our first fruits.  May God’s heart be warmed and filled with the hidden ways that we offer ourselves to Him.

I’ll be back in very soon, eager to serve up some new faith blends – hot and fresh!

I’ll be missing every moment … and remembering you in the new year.

My heart is not proud, O LORD,
my eyes are not haughty;
I do not concern myself with great matters
or things too wonderful for me.

But I have stilled and quieted my soul;
like a weaned child with its mother,
like a weaned child is my soul within me.

Psalm 131: 1,2

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  • Reply Maureen (Mo) January 1, 2010 at 4:45 am

    I’ll look forward to reading about your latest blends. They’ll mix well with everything, I’m sure.

    May 2010 bring you joy, peace, fun, and love.

    • Reply Bonnie Gray January 1, 2010 at 8:57 pm

      Thanks, Maureen! Hey, you threw in “fun” in your well wishes list. Thank you. I will take that! May the new year bring the same to you!

  • Reply Debbie January 1, 2010 at 5:12 am

    Enjoy your whitespace! May this be a time of quiet refection and thanksgiving as 2010 begins. Happy New Year and I look forward to your unique style of sharing; love it.

    Blessings,
    Debbie

    • Reply Bonnie Gray January 1, 2010 at 8:59 pm

      I will! I’m looking forward to what I will be receiving … “love it” – What encouraging words — thank you — you just blessed me!

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  • Reply Kristy January 1, 2010 at 8:24 am

    I think that is a wonderful idea Bonnie. Enjoy your time! Thanks for the Saturday morning idea – what a great way to be refreshed!

    • Reply Bonnie Gray January 1, 2010 at 9:00 pm

      It IS! A morning alone with God feels like a soul vacation!

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  • Reply Karen January 1, 2010 at 8:52 am

    I discovered your blog on New Year’s Day. I look forward to reading more this year!

    • Reply Bonnie Gray January 1, 2010 at 9:00 pm

      How special is that! Happy New Year, Karen!

  • Reply Susan January 1, 2010 at 9:56 am

    stilled and quieted … a great place to be

    • Reply Bonnie Gray January 1, 2010 at 9:01 pm

      Spoken by another fellow whitespace seeker, I bet. 🙂

  • Reply Dave Wilson January 1, 2010 at 11:58 am

    Unplugging is a great way to start off the year. I found that reading through the Bible in the month of December was a great way to finish off 2009.

    Dave

    • Reply Bonnie Gray January 1, 2010 at 9:02 pm

      How word-filled are you!? That is a VERY special way to start of the year – God will surely “activate” those words you’ve taken in. Yes – unplugging is a luxury I make sure to get in!

  • Reply Rebecca January 2, 2010 at 9:27 am

    As usual, it’s a struggle to find whitespace in my overflowing life…but you’ve inspired me to set aside specific time to seek it this year. Thanks, Bonnie, and may your whitespace find you renewed, refreshed, and reinvigorated! Looking forward to hearing more insights from you in the coming year. 🙂

    • Reply Bonnie Gray January 11, 2010 at 9:29 am

      I did have a great whitespace time — though it was hard to unplug! But, it was worth it.

      I hope you’re off to a great start yourself!

  • Reply Genny January 3, 2010 at 4:05 pm

    Wishing you the best of everything good and beautiful in 2010 too!

    • Reply Bonnie Gray January 11, 2010 at 9:39 am

      Thanks, Genny! I’m catching up and I’m looking forward to reading your (In)Courage post. I have a hunch, as always, it’ll make me smile.

  • Reply Chrystie January 4, 2010 at 5:21 am

    Hey, Bonnie! I hope you are enjoying your whitespace and that it has been a time of renewal for you. Just stopping by to say hello!!

    • Reply Bonnie Gray January 11, 2010 at 9:48 am

      Great to get your hello! I hope your own unplugging & fasting has reaped renewal for you too. Yes? 😉

  • Reply Jackie January 4, 2010 at 6:20 pm

    Hi Bonnie. I love the idea of the Saturday morning whitespace. I’m going to try and work that into my schedule. Happy New Year and I look forward to your inspirational posts in 2010.

    Jackie

    • Reply Bonnie Gray January 11, 2010 at 9:51 am

      Thanks, Jackie. It makes me smile to hear the words here can inspire. I hope you can carve some in. A little time away does a big difference .. really good.

  • Reply nAncY January 5, 2010 at 10:07 am

    🙂

    • Reply Bonnie Gray January 11, 2010 at 9:52 am

      🙂 right back!

  • Reply Cassandra Frear January 5, 2010 at 8:22 pm

    May your retreat be everything you are hoping for.

    • Reply Bonnie Gray January 11, 2010 at 9:56 am

      It was. It’s always hard unplugging at first.. but, by the end, it’s so worth it. I hope the year’s off to a good start for you, too! Thanks!

  • Reply Bradley J. Moore January 8, 2010 at 3:17 am

    Bonnie- Hope you enjoyed the Whitespace. You are setting a good example for the rest of us!
    Happy New Year to you and your family, and I look forward to more of your tasty posts!

    • Reply Bonnie Gray January 11, 2010 at 10:02 am

      Thanks, Bradley! The new year wouldn’t be the same without you. Seriously. You’ve changed the brand “camel” for me, from here on out. May God’s work continue to flow in you & through you at work and within your online words that are always fresh and new – they’re *you*.

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