Posted on 12/31/2020 6:09:30 PM PST by Kathy in Alaska
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Here's to health and happiness!
A toast to the New Year!
Peace and joy to all of us!
Prosperity and cheer!
Years come and go, some bad, some good.
New years provide the space,
Each to fill with what one would,
Windows onto grace.
Years come and go, yet still we toast
Each one, for each one seems
As though it were a new-found coast,
Rich with hope and dreams.
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year, Publius, and thank you for Rachmaninov’s “The Star Spangled Banner”.
Hi!
Happy New Year 2021!!!!
Sorry I’m late...Edge decided to reboot all on its own.
Happy New Year, Pro!!
HAPPIER 2021
Granddaughter visiting us in FL from ME.Drove her truck and boyfriend for 36 hours. She is still partying but we crash earlier
Happy New Year, lightman...hope you are all well and ready for a better new year.
Do you still have snow?
Happy New Year Kathy!
Bible in a Year:
When you pass through the waters, I will be with you.
The ball drops in New York’s Times Square. The crowd counts down to Big Ben chiming. Sydney Harbor erupts in fireworks. However your city marks it, there’s something exciting about welcoming in a new year and the fresh start it brings. On New Year’s Day we push out into new waters. What friendships and opportunities might we find?
For all its excitement, though, a new year can be unsettling. None of us knows the future or what storms it may hold. Many New Year’s traditions reflect this: Fireworks were invented in China to supposedly ward off evil spirits and make a new season prosperous. And New Year’s resolutions date back to the Babylonians who made vows to appease their gods. Such acts were an attempt to make an unknown future secure.
When they weren’t making vows, the Babylonians were busy conquering people—including Israel. In time, God sent the enslaved Jews this message: “Do not fear . . . . When you pass through the waters, I will be with you” (Isaiah 43:1–2). Later, Jesus said something similar when He and the disciples were caught sailing in a violent storm. “Why are you so afraid?” He told them before commanding the waters to be still (Matthew 8:23–27).
Today we push out from the shore into new, uncharted waters. Whatever we face, He’s with us—and He has the power to calm the waves. Reflect & Pray
What possibilities excite you as you look forward to a new year? What worries can you place in God’s hands?
God, thank You that whatever this new year brings, You will be with me in it.
Hi Kathy! Happy New Year! Let’s pray for a better one.
My electric blanket is calling and when I wake up it will be over, 2020 that is.
The Brave browser, which is chromium based, is a better way to surf the interwebs, plus it has a built in ad blocker and better privacy functions.
~ HAPPY NEW YEAR 2021! ~
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Just a couple of piles here and there where the snowthrower made it really deep...and where it stays shaded most of the day.
Everywhere else back to brown, green, and grey.
Might get some ice midday tomorrow...hopefully not!
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