New Years Blessings

We are now 4 days into the new year.There is so much to look forward to I don't know where to start. Guess we will just have to take it as it comes.
If the past year has done nothing else, it has taught some of us not to plan too far into the future. Who but God knows for sure what tomorrow will bring. We can plan, we can hope, we can dream, but we cannot dictate what tomorrow's dawning will unfurl.
As of tomorrow night it will be 1 year since Frances went into coronary arrest from which she did not survive. All of us who knew her, and loved her learned a hard lesson in just how fragile life is. But as hard as life is, God's Grace is greater !!
I know there are some who feel that my time of grieving was far too short. But may I please say to them, I knew her far better and more intimately than any other person on earth. And at the hour of her passing from this life to the next, she went to a far better place than she ever knew here. In the last week of her life, I prayed non-stop for God to spare her. I prayed that God would allow me to take her place that she might be allowed to stay here. And I know God was listening, because He always is. But apparently, He was ready for her to graduate. And please, make NO mistake about it. She and I had discussed the subject many times before. She did not fear death. Her eternal destination was certain, her salvation sure.
And yes, my grief was for a while overwhelming. But, as I said earlier, God's Grace is greater !!! As I continued to pray, both day and night, God in all His mercy began to show me that life must go on. I never would have thought it possible to love someone again.
But God had other plans and to prove it to me, He brought someone into my life to fill the emptiness. Someone I would fall in love with so very deeply that all emotional wounds would be healed. Sue and I have been married almost 5 months now, and we are very happy. Our marriage is being built on our faith in Jesus Christ, a foundation that cannot, and will not fail..
May all of you have a very Blessed and Happy New Year.

Via Con Dios
DM