"...lead me in the way everlasting..."
It’s the last day of 2020! I don’t know about you, but I find it hard to believe. In some ways, I feel like this year flew by – in other ways I feel like it has drudged along. But all in all, I feel like it came too quick. The year kept on moving forward no matter what was going on. There were not pauses, no retakes and now here we are, getting ready to begin a new year and – many of us – are hoping for something better! That’s the interesting thing about time though – it keeps on moving forward – keeps on leaving and there is nothing that anybody can do about it. You can’t slow it down or speed it up or get any of it back. One of my favorite quotes comes from one of the Lord of the Rings books (and movies). “I wish it need not have happened in my time ,” said Frodo. (maybe you can relate to Frodo this year!) “So do I,” said Gandalf , “and so do all who live to see such times . But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that i