Year End - 2015

"Glad tidings we bring,

to you and your kin

Glad tidings for Christmas

and a Happy New Year!"

The holiday season is upon us and this year everything is picturesque. We are healthy and happy, well fed and well dressed, the outside weather is calm and still with diamond like flakes of snow glistening in the bright sunlight.  There's enough snow to make everything clean and pristine, not enough to have to shovel or scoop.  Classical choral music proclaiming the birth of our Saviour streams in around me from the computer speakers.  Children are sleeping peacefully and the dear husband works beside me.  A mug of hot chocolate warms me.  

All is calm.

All is bright.

God reigns from the heavens.

The year of our Lord 2016 beckons, with this past year of 2015 falling behind us. 

It wasn't perfect. We weren't perfect.  There was much sin and lack of faith. There were ups and downs in the past and there will be in the future.  But with out trials, our faith would not grow and we can see the hand of God in our lives and his never-ending faithfulness and care.

Right now?

We are secure.

The world is secure.

We are enjoying this season.

We look forward to see what 2016 brings.