December 31st. A day to think about the year that’s nearly over. The ups, the downs. The events that were memorable, and the ones I’d rather forget. Lessons. Journeys. Changes. Discoveries. Hard truths. Lots to think about…
Practicing daily gratitude helps by teaching me to be thankful for it all, planned or not. Liked, or not. Acknowledging what little control I have over life’s events and the people in it has pointed me straight to the Bible this year, something altogether new for me. I do that daily, too, and the combination of both practices all but guarantees a great day. I am grateful for comfort and much peace.
I reflect with gratitude on these and other positive changes that have enabled me to enrich my life spiritually, sanely and soberly. I’m grateful for the promise of a better year ahead.
But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. ~James 3:17
