Happy New Year

Hey My Friends, I hope each of you are doing very, very well. Believing your holiday has been wonderful and you have enjoyed time with family and friends!

It is the last day of 2023! I hear people say they are glad the year is over and they are ready to start a new year. The new year is exciting, and I am also incredibly grateful for 2023. I made it through another year. The last year has had so many special days, events, and people. This last year was a gift from God and experiencing the beginning of this new year is another gift.

Some might believe that for a man battling a terminal brain tumor, being grateful to be alive makes sense. What if that thought is not just about still being alive with this brain tumor?

If you were to sit down and read through my journals, I have been working on “being grateful for today” for over 20 years.

Maybe that is God’s design. There is a truthful reality all through scripture. What is suggested over and over is, “life is hard at times, be grateful for today!”

Life can be very difficult at times. In my mind that is simply from living in a broken, imperfect world.

I have felt like my entire journey with this brain tumor has never been wanted, expected, or chosen. What I have chosen from the day I was told; “God, I will need you through this journey!” He has been very faithful.

If 2023 was challenging and there are things you don’t want to think about or remember, maybe take a little time reflecting on God’s gift and presence last year. Even if the year was painful, difficult, and hard to understand, remember a few things that you were grateful for.

2024 starts tomorrow. Who knows, maybe a year from now I will be writing a note like this again!!! I don’t expect that, but always open to God’s plans that I don’t fully know or understand. I am going to do my best to live each day as well as I can.

My normal final thought……

I want you each to know,,,,,,,,,”You are Loved and of Great Value!”