Let's All Get Ready...

...to kick 2024 to the curb...and welcome 2025.

Never say "it can't get any worse", because as anyone who's lived more than a few minutes knows from hard experience, it can.

But for the first time in years - 4 of them to be precise - I'm hopeful.

If you have to ask why...

...you're reading the wrong blog.

But let's not talk politics on this last day of 2024.

The good Lord in heaven knows there has been more than enough palavering on that subject.

How about a recounting of some of the good things that happened instead?

I was employed for another year, which means we got to live indoors and eat...

you can give to <Gateway Mission>.  they minister to the homeless and others here in West Michigan

...and there are too many unfortunates who do not enjoy that blessing.

The Lord graciously granted us good health this past year...

...something for which we are increasingly grateful as the years click on by.

We were able to spend time with family and friends...

...a gift we never take for granted.

And in the "small blessings" department, I enjoyed a productive golf season...

...swinging my pre-1900 hickories "The Vardon Way"...

...and finishing my last round with several pars and nothing worse than bogey.

For me, that's about as good as it gets, and I'm thankful.

So as we kiss 2024 goodbye and welcome 2025, I leave you with these "words to live by" from God's Word:

Happy New Year, mcm fans...