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January places you squarely before a brand new calendar, prompting you to remember the events of the previous year and notate the anniversaries of the coming one.

“You’ll never guess what I did!” my husband, Peter, announced.

A recent editorial by The Ennis News expressed opposition to news that parents who strongly disagree with public school boards are terrorists.

(“Let Them Eat Shrimp” earned the 2015 Humorous Column award from the Florida Press Association for newspapers with a circulation of 7000 or less in the state.)

God is faithful and is always with you, protecting and watching over you whether you believe He is there or not. Just because you cannot sense Him intervening, it does not mean He is distracted working on the other side of the world. There is an old saying, “God’s care for His children is like the Sun: It’s constant. Even though the clouds often obscure it, this does not mean it’s not there.” And Isaiah 59:1 reminds us, “Surely the arm of the Lord is not too short to save, nor His ear too dull to hear.” Even if you have made some serious mistakes, it does not mean He does not still love you or has forsaken you. Maybe He is just patiently waiting for you to give Him your life instead of just your problems.

For the second time the Supreme Court has negated President Joe Biden’s signature effort to counter COVID-19. On Thursday the nation’s highest court stated his administration lacks the authority to force vaccine or test requirements that employers of 100 or more can demand.

While the rest of heaven and nature was singing about the glad tidings of Christmas, my backyard cardinals went on strike.

I realize that my thoughts are not that important, but what God has to say contains the power to change what man cannot change. May we choose faith over fear and allow our hope to be larger than our doubt! Did you notice that I said we have the choice to decide which side we are going to believe. Yes, but brother Billy how can I choose life? Well, Deuteronomy chapter thirty is an amazing place to start when trying to comprehend God’s plans for our lives. Verse 19, “This day I call the heavens and the earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live.”

After the boxes and wrapping paper from Christmas Past had been discarded or recycled, I assumed a horizontal position on my favorite sofa, pulled the blanket up to my chin and grabbed the clicker, listening to all the television banter about the year coming to a close.