In every season, God meets us. I'm confident His grace will be even more amazing this year. Charles Spurgeon reminds us to be glad and rejoice in our Savior:
"We will be glad and rejoice in You." Song of Solomon 1:4
We will be glad and rejoice in You. We will not open the gates of the year to the sorrowful notes of the organ, but to the sweet strains of the harp of joy, and the high sounding cymbals of gladness. "O come, let us sing unto the Lord: let us make a joyful noise unto the rock of our salvation." We, the called and faithful and chosen, we will drive away our griefs, and set up our banners of confidence in the name of God. Let others lament over their troubles, we with joy will magnify the Lord. Eternal Spirit, our effectual Comforter, we who are the temples in which you dwell, will never cease from adoring and blessing the name of Jesus. Jesus must have the crown of our heart's delight; we will not dishonour our Bridegroom by mourning in his presence. We are ordained to be the minstrels of the skies, let us rehearse our everlasting anthem before we sing it in the halls of the New Jerusalem. We will be glad and rejoice: two words with one sense, double joy, blessedness upon blessedness. ... Since, O sweet Lord Jesus, you are the present portion of Your people, favor us this year with such a sense of your preciousness, that from its first to its last day we may be glad and rejoice in You.
Let January open with joy in the Lord, and December close with gladness in Jesus.
We will be glad and rejoice in You. We will not open the gates of the year to the sorrowful notes of the organ, but to the sweet strains of the harp of joy, and the high sounding cymbals of gladness. "O come, let us sing unto the Lord: let us make a joyful noise unto the rock of our salvation." We, the called and faithful and chosen, we will drive away our griefs, and set up our banners of confidence in the name of God. Let others lament over their troubles, we with joy will magnify the Lord. Eternal Spirit, our effectual Comforter, we who are the temples in which you dwell, will never cease from adoring and blessing the name of Jesus. Jesus must have the crown of our heart's delight; we will not dishonour our Bridegroom by mourning in his presence. We are ordained to be the minstrels of the skies, let us rehearse our everlasting anthem before we sing it in the halls of the New Jerusalem. We will be glad and rejoice: two words with one sense, double joy, blessedness upon blessedness. ... Since, O sweet Lord Jesus, you are the present portion of Your people, favor us this year with such a sense of your preciousness, that from its first to its last day we may be glad and rejoice in You.
Let January open with joy in the Lord, and December close with gladness in Jesus.
So what milestones are you looking forward to? Whatever the Lord has in store for you in 2008, be assured that "His mercy is new every morning... and you can be glad and rejoice in Him!"
And so we start our New Year --- here are two of our favorite shots from the Grand Canyon this summer! We continue to look back on our trip with such grateful hearts and warm, wonderful memories! Grace! 
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year!
2 comments:
2008! my babies will be teens! how can this be? we began this year with prayer requests to our amazing God that we will love Him more and hate our sin more, and that through this we will glorify Him more...
Amen - what a wonderful and humble prayer. Thank you for your example!
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