Farewells

I slapped a working title on this post before beginning to write, something like, "Farewell 2005, we hardly knew ye." Yes, I was conscious that it sounded rather silly to bid farewell to a nebulous thing such as a year, but hey, I wasn't feeling creative at the moment.

Only as I prepared to write did it occur to me that farewell might be the best word to describe the year my family and I have experienced. By God's grace and mercy, we have fared well this year.

I could put together a long post about all the many blessings for which I am thankful. We have had our share of struggles, just as any family does, but in this year of wars and natural disasters, I can easily think of greater struggles that might have come our way and did not.

We have fared well this year, for our heavenly Father has fared us well. As I look ahead to 2006, I rest in the assurance that He will fare us well still, no matter what He ordains for us, for He works all things together for good for those who love Him, for those who are called according to His purpose (Romans 8:28).

In other words, all His providences are good to a fare-thee-well (n. 1 : the utmost degree 2 : a state of perfection).

GtG