Isn't it interesting...

Numerically, my life seems to have become kind of interesting. A comment my mom left on my blog from yesterday, reminded me of something that recently occured to me. Whether there really is something significant about it or not, I don't know. But...maybe.

For those of you close to me, you know that this year has been pretty difficult but also sigificant and exciting. I've been saying for the last couple of months that my life in the last year has seemed a little like a movie in that everything was comming to an end on so many different levels. I had it all: the drama, the emotional highs and lows, the words of new things to come, the climax of everything and then it could close with our amazing going away/birthday:) party and the exciting new adventures we about to embark on. Not just because we were leaving Ottawa and Darryl was finishing his residency but many other area's that were specific to me. One day a few weeks back, as I was reflecting on my life in the last 6-12 months, and after yet another significant moment where I felt that my life was not only taking on change georaphically but personally, I realized that as hard as this year was with Darryl finishing his 5th year of residency I would still consider it one of my favorite years. Now before this, my favorite year was grade 9 (age 14/15) You know how growing up you have a favorite year where everything seemed to change for the better or you just had that really great summer, christmas or whatever?? Well for me this was when I was 14. Without boring you with all the details why, i'll just say that it was significant for me personally and also signified a new chapter in my life. The next season that brought a significant change and began a new chapter in my life was when I was 21 and Darryl and I got married. This obviously was a great and significant change in my life. So, after I realized that this year had been pretty significant for me too and was signifying more change and new beginnings, I thought back to how many years later this was, and realized that my life has been in 7's. Ages 14-21-28. With each 7 years I go through, something closes in my life and something new begins.
My mother made a comment on my blog from yesterday how 8 is the number of new beginnings because on my blog yesterday I had been talking about how I wondered if it was significant that our anniversary was our 8th year of marriage on the 8th of july and in 2008. Well that would be fitting because this year is the end of one season or chapter in our life and we are now venturing into a new phase, personally, geographically, career wise and within our family life.
Isn't that interesting?? God has been a huge part of all these aspects in my life and he often seems to work with numbers throughout the Bible, and even today numbers seem to be significant. What do you think? Do you have a number that is significant for you? Do you think that these life numbers keep the balance in our lives where they are supposed to be? Or is it just normal that after 7 years things have to change. For me, it has'nt been something I created b/c I felt I needed a change but its just the way it worked out with things that have been out of my control.
Makes me wonder where and what I will be doing 7 years from now...