Happy New Year Everyone!
When I think of New Year's growing up, mostly I think of my mom fixing the traditional new years meal with collard greens, pintos, and pork and telling us we had to take a bite of everything. If we didn't we would be broke and have bad health. Yuck, I hated that meal worse than any other meal that year, not that my mom didn't prepare it well, but just every one of those three food items I don't care for at all. Now that I'm a parent, I look forward to the idea of preparing the New Years day meal for my family and passing on that tradition. I realize it is more for the passing on of the traditions than the actual meal, and yes, thank you mom for making me eat one bite.
I also think about all the many New Years resolutions I've made. Some, I kept fairly well and others not so well. The many diet resolutions, yeah well... then there were the ones where I committed to improving my prayer times with the Lord, or with my scripture readings. Those usually lasted a bit longer than the diet ones but still didn't make it all year long.
So I've decided I am not going to make resolutions any more. Instead, on New Year's Day, I am going to spend my day thanking God for the blessings of the past year and praying for the future to come in the next year. I feel especially led this year to pray for the direction of our country, as well as for the many service men and women going through really hard times with so many back to back deployments. I also feel led to pray for the many many families going through financial difficulties and for the many children around the world without homes and families to love them. I pray today for the missionaries all around the world who live with very little to share the gospel of Christ and I challenge myself to find more opportunities this year to share the gospel here in my Jerusalem verses just on the mission field.
With all that said, Happy New Years to you all. May the Joy and Peace that only Christ can give overflow you all this day. And, If I was going to make a resolution. It would be to cherish every moment of this short life and make lots of whats below these babbling paragraphs.... memories...
When I think of New Year's growing up, mostly I think of my mom fixing the traditional new years meal with collard greens, pintos, and pork and telling us we had to take a bite of everything. If we didn't we would be broke and have bad health. Yuck, I hated that meal worse than any other meal that year, not that my mom didn't prepare it well, but just every one of those three food items I don't care for at all. Now that I'm a parent, I look forward to the idea of preparing the New Years day meal for my family and passing on that tradition. I realize it is more for the passing on of the traditions than the actual meal, and yes, thank you mom for making me eat one bite.
I also think about all the many New Years resolutions I've made. Some, I kept fairly well and others not so well. The many diet resolutions, yeah well... then there were the ones where I committed to improving my prayer times with the Lord, or with my scripture readings. Those usually lasted a bit longer than the diet ones but still didn't make it all year long.
So I've decided I am not going to make resolutions any more. Instead, on New Year's Day, I am going to spend my day thanking God for the blessings of the past year and praying for the future to come in the next year. I feel especially led this year to pray for the direction of our country, as well as for the many service men and women going through really hard times with so many back to back deployments. I also feel led to pray for the many many families going through financial difficulties and for the many children around the world without homes and families to love them. I pray today for the missionaries all around the world who live with very little to share the gospel of Christ and I challenge myself to find more opportunities this year to share the gospel here in my Jerusalem verses just on the mission field.
With all that said, Happy New Years to you all. May the Joy and Peace that only Christ can give overflow you all this day. And, If I was going to make a resolution. It would be to cherish every moment of this short life and make lots of whats below these babbling paragraphs.... memories...
Me and Molly heading down to the huge bonfire at Nana and Grandpa's house. She looks hungry for Smores!
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I remember those tradional memories as well. I will say that we had "black-eyed" peas instead of "pintos" You didn't care for those back in the day. haha!
You will make your own traditions, because Molly Jane has a great Mom!
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