Welcome to the positive new year. In binary code each "1" and "0" can mean True/False, Postive/Negative, On/Off, etc.. So all 1's on the first day of the year could mean "all systems go." But that's just my oversimplified computer logic. Some people look with trepidation at the new year. Will our government collapse? Who will live and who will die in my family? What disease will I or someone close to me contract this year? Will I win the lottery (based upon my investment into the Tennessee Department of Education, of course)? Who in this year will change their love for me to hate? Who will grow to love me? I think that we are to look forward with positive anticipation. There will be plenty of time to address problems when they appear.
NEW YEAR'S DAY MEAL
We had two daughters, one son-in-law and four grandsons over for another family gathering. Of the traditional menu items we had: black-eyed peas (coins or good luck), greens (folding money(Lois put them in the soup for her and Becki)), cabbage (more monetary prosperity(we used KFC cole slaw)), and peaches (I think my mother said they represented gold, but I can't find it anywhere else). No pork or corned beef; we had boiled shrimp and manicotti. I forgot to locate an online New Year's Day prayer, so I winged it, as I have for many, many years. It felt good. We followed it up with a rousing game of Sorry, and the youngest grandson on site won! What made it extra special is I got their noses out of their Ninentendos that they got for Christmas.
Long day, brief news.
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Father, I thank You for the New Year. Help us to improve in those areas that we failed during last year, and also help us to understand what living each day truly means, because 2012 will come soon enough. /// I don't think I can ever stop thanking you for my family. May they be richly blessed in this year.
Amen
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