I am blessed to have permission from my wife to share her 2016 Facebook post on my blog. She is a woman of God whom I highly respect and wish to include her as she is my chief earthly encourager. Please read the following:
I know I’m a little late in wishing everyone a happy new year, but hey, it’s kind of my style, lol 😜.
I’m praying each of you will experience a year full of blessings and love. May those of you who know the Lord draw closer to him and serve Him in ways you’ve never done before. I pray you will sing His praises in the valleys and on the mountain tops! Find someone to encourage this year 🙂
For those of you who don’t know the Lord, I pray you will see His works at every turn in your life in order that you cannot deny His existence. May you be drawn to Him with everything in you. He offers hope to the hopeless and peace where there is none. His love is like nothing else!
This is a new year…a fresh start. It’s time evaluate the changes you need to make to grow and mature into the person God has created you to be! 😃
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. 2 Corinthians 5:17
Matthew Winters (Honest Thoughts from a Pastor) 