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On a recent Friday when I was having my morning devotion, I spent part of the time praying for my individual family members.  When it came to pray for my son-in-law Frank, I began to think of what he would face that day in his management role with a major international box company.  Having heard him speak at times of the stressful situations and individuals he deals with almost daily, I asked God to do three things in Frank’s life that day: to let his words and actions be reasoned, seasoned, and measured.

In the late 1980’s, a man named Sam Reck met and later married a widow named JoAnn at his church in Jacksonville, FL. Eventually they moved into the Florida Presbyterian Home where they were known as “Romeo & Juliet.” Last July, JoAnn contracted COVID…

It happens every year. At the stroke of midnight on December 31 when the calendar turns the page from one year to the next, something amazing happens. In the lives of people everywhere, hope is reborn. Even though nothing but the calendar actually changes in that microsecond between 11:59:59 and 12:00:00 midnight, the thought of opportunity for a new beginning gives hope that, just possibly, life will get better. I suspect that mindset is especially the case this year as people anticipate that moment when the calendar no longer reads 2020, but 2021. For some, maybe many, the thought of seeing 2020 in their rearview mirror brings a sense of great consolation.