LOOKING OUT  The Gift of a New Year

The gift of a New Year is one of God’s many blessings and we thank God for each one.

Life is not life without God by our side and offer your prayer of thanks in this New Year ahead of us.

Another Christmas has come and gone. A time of family, of giving and receiving, a time to reflect and say thank you for the most wonderful gift

given to each one of us – the gift of a baby born to be the Son of God, our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

Most of the gifts we receive over Christmas are visible gifts wrapped and given with love, however there are some gifts that we are given that are sight unseen

and one of those gifts is the gift of GRACE. It is a gift that is ours to receive and that is the easy part and a gift to be used properly and that is the hard part.

Using the gift of Grace can challenge us. Being gracious in difficulty situations can be testing especially within family situations so as we start a New Year

here are some Grace targets that we may like to try and achieve.

                 Grace to forgive one another

                Grace to own both our mistakes and our virtues

                Grace to nurture and build up each other

                Grace to celebrate the gifts that each of us have

                Grace to know that it is by grace that we are saved

You will never be called upon to give anyone more grace than God has given you