How about focusing on everything that God has given us this year instead of dwelling on the hard times that have been thrown in our direction.
My oldest sister and her family do something I find very cool!... All year when something wonderful happens they write it on a piece of paper and put it in their "Blessings" jar in the kitchen. Then at the end of the year to start off the coming year they read off those blessings and remember all the good times that the year had given.
Too often we get dragged down by all the negative aspects of life:
By the cold
The failures
The let downs
The heart aches
The loses...
But remember the positives today and tomorrow:
The rewards
Those who lifted you up
The songs, quotes, or moments that mended your heartache
The births
Yeah... Life can really suck sometimes. But when you go back and remember all that God has blessed you with life doesn't seem so bad. Suddenly those dark low hanging clouds seem to disperse and the sun shines brighter than EVER!
"LORD, You will establish peace for us, For You have also done all our works in us." Isaiah 26:12
"Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us." Romans 8:37
He gives us peace... We are more than conquerors...
With those words I wish each and every one of you many blessings and a very Happy New Year!
Happy New Year to you. Great thoughts. Thanks.
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