Monday, January 11, 2010

A NEW YEAR

Happy New Year,

I must start out this note with an apology to all of you who never received my annual Christmas greeting. Long before the first of December, I went out and purchased my boxes of Christmas cards and even began jotting notes and addressing many of them but----needless to say, I never got back to finishing them all and getting them in the mail on time. When I realized that time would not permit me to get through my list of friends and family, I just returned the unopened boxes to the store. While I was there (as I entered the store) my eyes caught a big tree filled with many cards hanging all over it. When I went to investigate, I found a "Wish Tree" for a local Senior Citizens Facility. That's when I knew, all was not in vain! At that moment I decided with the money I would get back for the return of the cards and the postage expenses I would save, I could take a few wish cards off of the tree and purchase some items for those precious people who lived there. They didn't ask for much; a lap blanket, some hard candy, some skin lotion and a box of tissues. All in all, "WE" were able to provide those items for several of those people this Christmas. I say "we" because, even though you didn't know it at the time, YOU had a part in making this possible as well. So, thank you for understanding my lack of time management and for knowing that you were still in my heart at Christmas even though the cards never arrived in your mailboxes last year!!

"Last year"--yes it was last year! 2009 has come to an end and a new year has already seen eleven days. How quickly time does fly!!! Every January I find myself pondering what may lie ahead in the coming days of the new year. What opportunities lie ahead? What events may occur that will test our resolve? What new and wonderful blessings will enrich our lives? What will I do that will "really" make a difference? Right now I truly must say I'm still seeking for the answers to many questions. Since God does not allow us to look too far into the future, I must pray and wait for God's direction, ask for His wisdom and then, surrender to where ever that may lead. Some nights I even wake during the very early morning hours with a thought or an idea or a question on my mind.

In our bedroom we have very tall windows with transoms over them so the light always comes in. I'm never sure what hour it is because the sky seems so bright on the nights when the moon is full. It looks like day-break but is really only 3 or 4 o'clock in the morning. I was thinking about that the last time I was awake in the wee morning hours by the bright light outside. What ever I do in 2010, I want to be like the moon--reflecting the "Son"--glorifying my Heavenly Father in all things! One by one we can brighten this world and share His light in the year ahead.

Happy New Year to all of you. May your life reflect "His Light" and your blessings be many in 2010!

I love you guys,
Judy

Matthew 5:16 --Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father which is in heaven.