End of the Year

I look back on the past year and rejoice in both my mistakes and my achievements.  They have taught me well.  I look forward to the new year with fresh eyes.  I breathe in the stillness before time begins.  (Rokelle Lerner, Affirmations for the Inner Child, 31 December)

Guide us to peaceful solutions in all our endeavors.  (Three Minutes a Day, Vol. 37, 26 Dec)

Lord, give me the courage to put the old year and all its mistakes [and concerns] behind me.  (Daily Wisdom for Women, 31 Dec)

Help me accept and be grateful for middles, endings, and new beginnings.  (Melody Beattie, The Language of Letting Go, 29 Dec)

Lord, show me the answer You already had in mind for me.  (Carol Knapp, Daily Guideposts, 22 Dec 1988)

Save me from the kind of daring which destroys me.  (Food For Thought, 22 Dec)

Lord, guide me in my giving.  (Melody Beattie, The Language of Letting Go, 13 December)

Merry Christmas

No one has affected the human race as dramatically and significantly as Jesus, whose birthday we celebrate today.  He was born poor and lived a relatively short life, but he touched many people, and he continues to give meaning to the lives of millions of people.   (Good News Day by Day, December 25th)

Though Christ a thousand times in Bethlehem be born, if he's not born in thee, thy soul is still forlorn.  (Johann Scheffler)