Wishing you and yours a very Happy New Year.
“Isn’t it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet?” L.M Montgomery
The New Year always brings such excitement and fanfare and promises of a new year. It is a time when you can have a new start. The Bible has some wonderful verses to meditate on as we begin the New Year.
Ecclesiastes 3:1- “There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens”
Romans 8:18- “I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.”
Jeremiah 29:11- “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”
Micah 7:7- “But as for me, I watch in hope for the LORD, I wait for God my Savior; my God will hear me.”
Proverbs 16:9- “In his heart a man plans his course, but the Lord determines his steps.”
Proverbs 23:18- “There is surely a future hope for you, and your hope will not be cut off.”
2 Corinthians 5:17- “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!”
Isaiah 40:31- “but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.”
Lamentations 3: 22-24- “Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. I say to myself, “The Lord is my portion; therefore I will wait for him.”
Ecclesiastes 3:11- “He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end.”
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Do you have any New Year Traditions that your family and friends participate in? I really don’t. I normally keep it very simple and watch the ball drop on television. I am wanting to do the idea that I have seen on Pinterest and I am not sure who the original poster was.
What you do is starting on January 1st, everytime something good happens, or a memory you want to remember you write it down and place it in the jar. Then the following New Years Eve you read all of the good memories you had. I think it is an excellent way to end the year by reading all of the fun good memories from the previous year.