Two Holidays

Christmas and New Year's Day.

It all started with a dream....
There I was in the Toronto hotel room dreaming away. I was walking outside with the Lord. He was showing me things. Pointing out lights and a nicely green lit wreath hanging kind of on nothing actually! I opened my arms wide and said and felt "this is glorious!" 
Then He spoke the one word "Immanuel" which means God with us. And I knew that was the point. That from now on I would not think of Christmas as merely "Merry Christmas" as much as it would be "Happy Immanuel Day!"
God came and dwelt with us and He through His Holy Spirit still abides with us continually.

And now here we are a week later at New Year's Day!
I realized yesterday that the New Year is truly a concept designed by God! Not the way our culture celebrate or at the time we celebrate but Rosh Hashanah is His idea. The fact that we have months and circle around to start the same months over, the fact that we should take stock of our year and plan for the next one is all His idea.

Yesterday my daughter asked me "What's your favorite memory of 2017?" This is a great question which I pondered and had a couple responses to.  However, I will also ask myself what is my not so favoirite memory. I will take time to repent. And I will take time to seek for His guidance for this coming New Year of 2018.

Go forth!