Here we are at the beginning of a new year, 2021.  To an artist it is a clean canvas, to a writer a clean page, to a Christian a time of new opportunities to increase our knowledge of Christ Jesus our Lord.  It will include mountain tops and valleys -- all to give us the opportunity to know our Lord and His ways more intimately.  Our God is so good, He always desires the very best for us.  

We know it so well, but it bears repeating lest we forget in hard situations,
“And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose. 
For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to become conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the first-born among many brethren.”
Romans 8:28-29

So we can rejoice in all things as we are exhorted to do by the Apostle Paul in 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18,
“Rejoice always; pray without ceasing; in everything give thanks for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.” 

The Lord is our hope and our joy so we join the Palmist in praising Him today.
“O come, let us sing for joy to the Lord;
 Let us shout joyfully to the rock of our salvation,
 Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving;
 Let us shout joyfully to Him with psalms.
 For the Lord is a great God,
 And a great King above all gods,
 In whose hand are the depths of the earth;
 The peaks of the mountains are His also.
 The sea is His, for it was He who made it;
 And His hands formed the dry land.
 Come, let us worship and bow down;
 Let us kneel before the Lord our Maker.
 For He is our God,
 And we are the people of His pasture and the sheep of His hand…”  Psalm 95:1-7

Thank you Most Holy Lord we are Yours!  Therefore, we confidently place our hope and trust in You for this day and all the days to come.  Amen