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Hello 2025!

 Happy New Year!

Today is New Year's Day and it is a day with a quiet house and a quiet heart of reflection. Writing is a passion of mine, and this blog was created as a keepsake of life's cherished moments as well as a creative outlet for writing. Apparently, my aspirations fell short in 2024 as only 2 blog posts were written!

Even though blog writing did not hit the priority list, through the year, several other disciplines impacted my life. Monthly focuses were marked and followed. A spiritual daily goal, a physical daily goal and a boundary to keep excesses in check were logged and checked or left unchecked each day for accountability. 

January always brings the excitement of newness. For this month, my spiritual goal is to Read, Write and Meditate. Daily Scripture reading is a powerful habit for anyone to implement. Although this is an established habit in my life, often it is easy to read and simply go on with the day without the message becoming lodged in the heart. For the past few months, I have been writing a daily verse and keeping it in view to ponder throughout the day. Writing takes root from what we have read and becomes a God story in our lives. Meditating on Scripture allows us to read, re-read and allow the Word of God to saturate the heart and bring change to our lives. 

A New Year Prayer from a Christmas devotional - Born a Child and Yet a King offers a New Year prayer with a year (life) long purpose.

Praise You, Lord, for the joy of turning our hearts toward You throughout this Advent and Christmas season. You have taught us and encouraged us. You have knit our hearts even more closely to Yours. And now we step into the New Year, though not entirely into the unknown, because You are going there with us. You are our Emmanuel - 'God with us'. May our lives attest to Your presence and bring You glory each day. Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth


Happy New Year! It is my hope that this blog will be a place for encouragement and will always point to Jesus and the joy He brings into our hearts. 



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