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December 29, 2011
Greetings Everyone: I pray that you have experienced a wonderful Christmas season. Christmas was a very blessed time at our house. At one point, we had all the kids and all the grandchildren gathered in one room around the Christmas tree. When it came time to read the Christmas story from the Bible, I asked someone to get me a Bible, and my grand daughter Lily flipped open some kind of electronic device, hit a couple of buttons, and handed it to me. To my delight, there before my eyes was the Gospel of Luke chapter two. It is so amazing, that a person can carry their dictionary, encyclopedia, Bible, and numerous other reference sources in one little compact box. My! How things have changed! We had a great time being together and celebrating the birth of Christ.
I am very sorry that Becky and I did not do Christmas cards this year. I was recovering from surgery, and Becky was with her mom and dad a lot at the hospital in Atlanta. We just didn't get it done. But we will look forward to Christmas 2012, the Lord willing, and the anticipation of celebrating the season with Christmas cards. We have been blessed with the cards from many of you, as well as the food and gifts that you brought by our house. We are very grateful for the love and care that you have shown during my surgery, and Becky's dad's illness. Thank you very, very much.
As we are coming to the end of 2011 and are ready to begin a new year, I look back through the past year. I recall some pleasant events, but I also recall some events that were not pleasant. My mind has been directed to (James 4:13-15). Those words "what you ought to say, if the Lord wills, we shall live and do this or that". As you plan for the new year, I hope you will keep these scriptures in mind. We do not know what this year holds for us personally, as a church, as a nation, or as the whole world. However, if we are conscious of God and His will in everything that we do, then we will be more prepared for whatever may come. I know we must plan for 2012, but keep in mind that whatever does come, life or death, heart ache or joy, success or failure that we must be willing for God's will to be done. It is not always easy for us to accept God's will, but Jesus teaches us that we are to pray for God's will to be done (Matthew 6:9-13 Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven). I pray that it will be God's will for all of us to experience a Happy, Healthy, and Prosperous year in 2012. God's Blessings to You! Aud
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