“You will feel safe
because there is hope;
you will look around
and rest in safety.” Job 11:18 ncv
Happy New
Year!!!
In 2014, God gave me the word “steadfast”
to lead me…and boy, did I need His steadfast love to endure it?! For 2015, I’ve had a strong sense of His
giving me the word “hope” to take me through the upcoming year…and I am so excited
to receive it!
Normally, I take a look back
before moving forward into the New Year, but this year, the memories are too vivid
and the wounds too fresh.
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Nevertheless, we do give thanks
and praises to the good times—the motorcycle we bought and rode across the
beautiful highways and scenic byways of Montana. For fabulous times with our
sons, daughter-in-law, and grandchildren when they came to celebrate our
grandson’s 4th birthday with a vacation in Yellowstone, the Little
Big Horn, and Chief Plenty Coups parks; and then our Christmas and
granddaughter’s 2nd birthday celebration together.
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Yes…bitterness. The root of grudge
holding. Resentment. Anger. Cynicism.
The Lord says, “Forget what happened before,
and do not think about the past.
Look at the new thing I am going to do.
It is already happening. Don’t you see it?..."
and do not think about the past.
Look at the new thing I am going to do.
It is already happening. Don’t you see it?..."
Isaiah 43:18-19a ncv
Let it go…forget it…release it
into God’s hands.
“…Forgetting the past and straining toward
what is ahead,
I keep trying to reach the goal
and get the prize
for
which God called me
through Christ to the life above.”
Philippians
3:13b-14 ncv
Surrender my will for His will
and reach forward…strain, when necessary, to grasp the Prize
You will be protected
and will rest in safety.
Job 11:18 nlt
HOPE - Having Optimistic
Positive Expectations!!!!
A new year…for new
beginnings…for new hopes…for new adventures
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