Spiritual Thoughts

  E ach New Year is associated with New Year's resolutions. With each New Year comes a new chance. With each breath comes a new chance. A chance for change. ~ Mountain Wings e-newsletter A ll of this makes us even more certain that what the prophets said is true. So you should pay close attention to their message, as you would to a lamp shining in some dark place. You must keep on paying attention until daylight comes and the morning star rises in your hearts. ~ 2 Peter 1:9 (CEV)

  W e will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year's Day. ~ Edit Lovejoy Pierce T rust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him and  He will make straight your paths. ~ Proverbs 3:5-6 (ESV)

  T his bright new year is given me To live each day with zest. To daily grow and try to be My highest and my best. ~ William Arthur Ward   W e continually ask God to fill you with the knowledge of His will through all the wisdom and understanding He gives, so that you may live a life worthy of the Lord, and please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God. ~ Colossians 1:9-10

  W elcome to Flight 2022. We are prepared to take off into the New Year. Please ensure your Positive Attitude and Gratitude are secured and locked in the upright position.     All self-destruct devices: pity, anger, selfishness, and resentment should be turned off at this time.     All negativity—hurt and discouragement—should be put away.     Should you lose your Positive Attitude under interior cabin pressure during this flight, reach up and pull down a Prayer.    Prayers will automatically be activated by Faith.    Once your Faith is activated, you can assist other passengers who are of little Faith.    There will be No Baggage allowed on this Flight. God, our Captain and Pilot, has cleared us for take- off.    DESTINATION: Goals Fulfilled!!!    Wishing you a New Year filled with new HOPE, new JOY, and new BEGINNINGS. ...

Friday Tale - This New Year  I want to be a Mountain   T he year drew to a close. What would I accomplish in the next? I looked up at the mountains in the distance. They were white now. Not long ago, they were brown. In the time I've lived in Idaho, I've had the opportunity to watch the cycle of seasons make their change on those mountains I never tire of seeing.   My first sight of them came in September of 2008. The sides of the mountains were painted green with the leaves of sagebrush. Near the top were pines. The days moved on; the weather cooled and the rain didn't fall. The leaves browned. The mountain changed.   Fall gave way to winter. I stood in the rain and watched the tops of the mountains turn a blinding white. Each week the snow crept further down their slopes and long before the first snows fell in the valley, the mountains were covered with fresh powder. The sun set; the lights on the ski slopes lit the sides of the mountains a dazzling white. I'...

  I n the New Year, never forget to thank your past years, because they enabled you to reach today! Without the stairs of the past, you cannot arrive at the present, or reach the future. ~ Mehmet Murat ildan   I am writing to you to stir up your sincere mind by way of reminder, that you should remember the words spoken before hand by the holy prophets and the commandment of the Lord and Savior spoken by your apostles. ~ 2 Peter 3:1-2

W e will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words  on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year's Day. ~ Edith Lovejoy Pierce   S o then, as we have Opportunity, let us do good to everyone. ~ Galatians 6:10

I n the New Year..... May His presence be the source of your joy -       Psalm 16:11. May His promise be the confidence of your faith -       1 John 5:14 May His power be the boldness of your witness -       Acts 28:31. May His purity be the motivation of your heart -      Psalm 86:11. May His praise be the focus of your love -        Psalm 86:12 ~Roy Lessins

I said to the man who stood at the Gate of the Year: "Give me a light that I may tread safely into the unknown."  And he replied, "Go out into the darkness, and     put your hand into the hand of God.   That shall be to you better than light,    and safer than a known way." May that Almighty Hand guide and uphold us all. ~Minnie Haskins A nd we have something more sure, the prophetic word,    to which you will do well to pay attention as to a      lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns        and the morning star rises in your hearts....   ~ 2 Peter 1:19