A New Year

I can't believe that it is now 2009!  Seems like just yesterday that it was the beginning of 2008.   So much has happened during the past year.  Our country as taken a hit with its economy yet has seen much change in the political arenas.  The historical significance attached to the upcoming inauguration of our first black president will be monumental in the days to come.  How and when the war in Iraq will end and the turning of events in the Gaza are certainly things that are not only newsworthy but very possibly life changing events for the world.  More and more as a nation, a people, a family and an individual we must turn to the Creator for the stability we need in this changing time.  If we keep our eyes on the Lord and trust Him in all things that may happen in the coming days we will have the power to keep the course and weather any storm He might allow around us.  I pray for each of us that we will "turn our eyes upon Jesus and look fully in His Wonderful face and the things of Earth will grow strangely dim in the light of His Glory and Grace."  Happy New Year!