My best friend Christine gave me a new Painted Bear calendar for Christmas. She knows how much I enjoy them [thanks, C!] Here is the final page of the 2023 one, about to be replaced. It is very appropriate as we enter the new year. Wherever you are, my friends, may 2024 hold happiness, health and above all, hope. In these troubled times, I do believe that faith is an anchor which secures us, when things seem to be spinning out of control. The assurance that God knows what is ahead, and nothing can separate us from His love. The old hymn, written in 1823, speaks of "Strength for today, and bright hope for tomorrow". May that be your experience too.
Hope and Faith, my mantra for 2024. Wishing you and your family good health for the coming year, from an overcast, dismal Dorset. But tomorrow is a New Year and another day. Sandra.
ReplyDeleteThank you Sandra (Norfolk very damp and dismal this morning too) every good wish for you and yours in the year ahead ❤️👍
DeleteGood wishes for all your family in 2024 and thank you for your friendship through blogging. Catriona
ReplyDeleteAnd to you to Catriona
DeleteHappy New Year to you and your family, Angela.
ReplyDeleteAnd to you and yours, Carole
DeleteWishing you and yours all the best in 2024! Happiness, health, and hope are a good trio to keep us company as we start the new year!
ReplyDeleteAnd to you, Bless, praying especially that you will enjoy good health 🙏❤️
DeleteHappy New Year to you and your family.
ReplyDeleteAnd to you too
DeleteHappy New Year, Angela!
ReplyDeleteBless you Terri _ so good to be blogfriends, we have so many precious things in common!
DeleteThat's my all time favourite hymn. Yes, hope and faith, 2 great words to carry into 2024
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year x
Alison in Wales x
And to you Alison
DeleteStrength for today and bright hope for tomorrow was my phrase for 2023
ReplyDeleteI'd forgotten that!!
DeleteThere's something very hopeful when you open a new calendar and write on the first page of a brand new diary isn't there. A blank page lies before you with faith and hope in the year ahead.
ReplyDeleteWishing you all the very best for the coming New Year. Love to all your family too. xx
And to you too, dear blogfriend 👍
DeleteHope is vital for us all to cling on to. The warring factions worldwide must put an end to this madness before it's too late for all humankind. Happy New Year Ang and Bob.x
ReplyDeleteAnd to you Anne
DeleteMy prayer is that more and more people will find the faith and hope which keeps us sane in this crazy world.
ReplyDeleteAmen to that
DeleteThank you so much for blogging so faithfully. I am truly grateful to be able to hear from you every day. I wish you all the best for the New Year. Is your tooth ok? No-one needs a Christmas tooth disaster. Nicky K
ReplyDeleteOh Nicky, you are such a dear, thoughtful friend! My filling dropped out on 22nd. I have been eating on right side of mouth ever since! Fortunately no pain. My dentist is off this week, but has booked me in for 8th Jan. He said if I DID get pain, his colleague can see mf as an emergency. So I'm hoping to hang on for 8 more days!!
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