New Beginnings

Today is New Year's Eve. Lots of people around the world will make resolutions of one kind or another. Everyone's looking for a fresh start. However, the Lamentations 3:22-23 says:
The faithful love of the Lord never ends![a]
    His mercies never cease.
23 Great is his faithfulness;
    his mercies begin afresh each morning.

So if the Bible says that God's mercies are new every morning, then why do we wait until January 1st every year for a new beginning? Every morning is a fresh start to begin anew.  May we remember to take each day as it comes, and start fresh everyday.

Don't say HATE

My husband and I tell people quite a lot that we don't say the word "hate." We even went as far as to teach our children not to use that word. Not when describing how they feel about another person or about a thing.

Some people think that it's very strange that we just don't use that word. However, when Jesus teaches us that we should love one another how can we have hate anywhere around us. Hate grows & festers.  If we hate one thing that hate moves on to other things in our lives. Therefore, we choose to live in love.