Once again we're standing on the verge of the unknown. Last year it was the same. We wondered what awaited us in 2015, and in all the Januarys before that, we asked the same question. Now, peering into 2016, we can merely guess what lies ahead.
Although I am anything but a prophet, I can predict at least four things. Each of us will face hard times as well as times to celebrate, rue satisfaction is a matter of the heart in right relationship with God, God cares for me in every situation and, no parent watched over their child more lovingly than God watches over us.
In spite of the unknown future, we don't have to walk alone. Seeking His direction and strength, let's move forward with a determination to be blessed by God and to bless others. Pondering the coming new year, I came across an article that expresses how I want to live my life. The writer of this piece is unknown to me but here's what was said.
"There is a story of an old man who carried a little can of oil with him everywhere he went and if he passed through a door that squeaked, he poured a little oil on the hinges. If a gate was hard to open, he oiled the latch. And thus he passed through life lubricating all hard places and making it easier for those who came after him."
"But the land into which you are about to cross to possess, a land of hills and valleys, drinks water from the rain of heaven, a land for which the Lord your God cares; the eyes of theLord your God are always on it, from the beginning of the year to the end of the year." Deuteronomy 11:11, 12 (Amplified Bible)
Happy new year!
