2011 - looking ahead. Sometimes it helps to be two faced!

Good morning. I trust that you had a “high fives “ Christmas time with all your family and friends.

As we enter the New Year I think of the Roman god, Janus, from whom we are given the name, January.

Janus had two heads, or rather, two faces. One looked back to the old year and the other forward to the new.

Not a bad idea. We can walk forward with confidence into the future with the lessons of hindsight that come from our own history.

2010 is now behind us for better or for worse. As we consider 2011 let’s do what Paul what the Apostle Paul enjoined when he said

“Hold fast to that which is good!” or, put in another way “ 2010. Extract the best and forget the rest!”

There was a writer called Joseph Hart who lived in the 18th Century. He penned one of my favourite hymns, a verse of which reads:

How good is the God we adore, Whose Spirit shall guide us safe home.  We’ll praise Him for all that is past.  And trust Him for all that’s to come.

Success and blessings to you all.