Our HOPE

 A new hope, our old hope, and our only hope. Christ our Lord, our Ever Living Hope.

As we reflect on the past year and look with hope to the new year with hope may our inspiration be our Christ our Lord. In Him all things are renewed, we have been renewed.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you, who by God's power are being guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials, so that the tested genuineness of your faith—more precious than gold that perishes though it is tested by fire—may be found to result in praise and glory and honour at the revelation of Jesus Christ. Though you have not seen him, you love him. Though you do not now see him, you believe in him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory, obtaining the outcome of your faith, the salvation of your souls.

1 Peter 1

Our Father reconciled us to Himself in His Son.

In this new year

•  may we continually renew our hope and remember our redeemer lives.

• may we stop and remind ourselves of who our Father is

• May we remind ourselves we are not alone the Father has give us a Helper, the Holy Spirit.

As we face the new year with hope, we are aware of the wars, the state of the economy, the high unemployment rate BUT in the Father , the Son and the Holy Spirit we have HOPE for all of life.