We will be taking off for a first of the year camping trip. Happy New Years everyone.  A few days early, but since I will have no internet and cannot blog for a few days, this will be my New Year's greeting to you all.

Cold and wet, rainy, snowy, and overcast predictions, make for a New Year that will be colder than usual.  Warming up with a good book, a good fire, or just a nice heater or blanket, will make your days much better and warmer.

I pray you will all have precious time with loved ones, and that as this year comes in with the windy blows of the cold weather, may you be encouraged with the thought of the spring coming soon.  The wet weather means a greener and brighter spring with the grass growing and the flowers blooming.  So, instead of thinking of all that is wrong, look towards what is right and good.

Philippians 4:8 says, "[8]  And now, dear brothers and sisters, let me say one more thing as I close this letter. Fix your thoughts on what is true and honorable and right. Think about things that are pure and lovely and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise."  So, let us do what this says.  Let's take our thoughts captive and apply this verse to what we are thinking and see if it lines up.  If it doesn't line up, lets junk it into the trash heap of wrong thinking, so we can have a year that excels any other year we've ever had.  God bless your New Year with great and good things.  Look forward and not backward.  Look for the precious gifts He gives you each day.  Happy New Year!