Happy New Year!

Hello 2018

2017 bumped along from the highs

of graduation, trips to Mesa, Greeley,

Montrose and Honolulu, two weddings,

and seeing all my sisters twice,

to the lows of losing a writing job,

hubby’s two strokes and resulting disabilities,

saying goodbye our hosts home client

and half our income, making it difficult

to take trips, remodel the house,  

buy a new car and complete projects.

But 2018, I have the same hope

entering you as I had in entering

your brother. Jesus is my hope

and my rock. Eternal things

and God’s will are really what

matters. So our physical health,

how much money we have

whether or not we can go anywhere

are secondary to my hope

of eternal life with the Holy Trinity.

As long as I have you here on earth,  

I’ll do my best to know God

and make Him known.

To keep fit in order to do God’s will.

To maintain loving relationships.

To go with the flow with a good attitude.

To not forsake my brothers and sisters in Jesus.

To use my writing skill and the gifts

of the Holy Spirit and whatever I have

and can do to love God and others.

So I greet you 2018 with a little excitement

and a little trepidation. Let’s make the best of it

to God’s honor and glory and praise

because He is worthy of all worship

and our complete and unreserved devotion.