Happy New Year

Another year has come and gone.

We are gathering together for a family dinner and game night to ring in the new year - no promise, however, that we'll be ringing at midnight.  

We give thanks to God for his provision.  His faithfulness.  His outpouring of love and mercy upon us this past year.  His protection, guidance and leading.  His grace.

This was part of my devotional today...and it sure spoke to me in a deep and profound way!

"It is enough that God is my Father, my Sun, and Shield; that He will give grace and glory, and will withhold no good and needed thing. Enough that Christ is my Portion, my Advocate, my Friend, and that, whatever else may pass away, His sympathy will not cease, His sufficiency will not fail, nor His love die. Enough that the everlasting covenant is mine, and that that covenant, made with me, is ordered in all things, and sure. Enough that heaven is my rest, that towards it I am journeying, and that I am one year nearer its blessed and endless enjoyment."

by Octavius Winslow, 1856 (edited by Larry E. Wilson, 2010)

May God bless you and keep you in the new year and might He be your endless enjoyment!