In a life of ups and downs my prayer for all of us is that we won’t let the downs block us from experiencing the ups again. That the downs would only serve to help us be more grateful for the ups. In my life I have noticed that the downs have a way of sticking to us like mud and contaminating the future and the past goods if we are not careful. As I was reading in the book of Ruth I noticed that Naomi lost her husband and two sons and then tried to get her two daughters in law to leave her. As if to wallow in the down that was sticking to her but Ruth wouldn’t leave her. Sometimes we need people to help us out but we also need to let them. There is always a time of mourning for any loss but I pray that no matter what was lost to you this past year or years past it/they wouldn’t block the blessings of this new year! Life is bigger that one minute, one day, one year. It is a collection of moments and the tough things can make the blessings more beautiful in time!
