Happy New Year 2007: Light, Kindness, Humbleness, Trembling and the Water of Life

We spent a wonderful two weeks at my mom's house in Virginia, having adjusted to the difficult and radical change of plans due to the Denver blizzard and other airline problems (meaning no mountains, no snow, no skiing, and no paternal grandparent face-to-face contact at all, including missing Christmas with them for the second year in a row). We made do with a lot of phone calls, some rapid package remailing, and hope for future visits to come. And we enjoyed the extra time with the maternal grandparents, playing cards, watching movies, taking walks, and exchanging a lot of hugs.

Since we got home yesterday to England, we've been trying to adjust to the local time zone. Didn't do so well the first day: took a five-hour nap yesterday (too long), and then was up for about that amount of time in the middle of the night from 10:30-3:30. Well, for New Year's Eve Day we got up at 8am and have all been awake all day long, with no plans to go to bed anytime soon, so this should cure us.

My parting favorite verses for 2006:

from Isaiah

The Lord will be your everlasting light. 60:19

I will tell of the kindnesses of the Lord...yes, the many good things He has done... 63:7

This is the one I esteem: he who is humble and contrite in spirit, and trembles at My word. 66:2

from Revelation

They did not love their lives so much as to shrink from death...12:11

The Lamb will overcome them because He is Lord of lords and King of kings 17:14

Whoever wishes, let him take the free gift of the water of life.22:17

Happy New Year 2007 to you all.