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I am happy to announce that our regular blog will be kicking off on Monday 11 January and we are looking forward to sharing our thoughts, experiences and reflections on what God is showing us through His beautiful creation, daily life and His word. That being said, today's post is just something I was inspired by and would like to share with you all. May you be blessed by the beautiful words of this song and the story behind them. God Bless Graham https://youtu.be/isxS9Oxhx_I Sovereign Grace Music Thousands of years ago, David said, ““Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them.” (Psalm 139:16) God knows every one of our days and holds them in his hand before we even live them. Looking back at 2020, that might be a difficult truth to grasp. But it’s still true. The foundation for our hope lies in one place: the promises of God revealed fully to us in the birth, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. If God would give his only Son to pay for our sins, how will he not also give us every good thing? (Rom. 8:32) Even when those “good things” look like 2020, we can be confident God is using them for our eternal joy and his eternal glory. That is just the knowledge we need to give us faith and hope as we look forward to 2021. This past year one of the Sovereign Grace songwriters, Dave Fournier, brought a set of lyrics to our songwriting retreat called, “All of Our Tomorrows,” eventually set to a beautiful tune by Ryan Foglesong. The song is a prayer that acknowledges and prays for God’s careful, wise, personal, and faithful involvement in the lives of those Christ has redeemed. It speaks to our need for guidance in the future, comfort in loss, and strength for all our days. We recorded a simple video of the song this year and plan to record a full version next year. We pray God would use this song and the truth it proclaims as a means of faith, comfort, and hope for all of your tomorrows. Lyrics: This spinning world by Your own hand Hurls ever on around the sun The seasons march at Your command The old departs, the new year comes And though celestial is Your gaze You search and care for all our ways We offer up to You this day And all of our tomorrows May zealous youth and cautious age Determine not the steps we choose Great Shepherd, guide us through each day Oh, how we want to follow You Come Living Way, our way make clear Let perfect love drive out our fear Be Thou our vision, now and here And all of our tomorrows When winter makes us reminisce Of warmer days so distant now Of cherished saints the sun once kissed Whose beauty passed…

by Caryl Moll As we let the sun set on a difficult 2020 and start to experience the dawn of this brand new year, please allow me a moment to send you some good wishes…. Instead of the usual ‘Happy New Year!’ may I rather wish you a… “HAPPY NEW DAY!” instead?  Indeed, I want to wish you at least 365 brand new, happy new days… or more for that matter? There was one major lesson I learned from 2020 and that was to take the year in bite size pieces. Nothing was certain for any of us. We all experienced daily changes in everything. Rules changed, incomes changed, interactions changed, lifestyle changed, moods changed.  The list of changes grew bigger and bigger. The only thing that remained certain about 2020 was change itself. How did we cope? I venture to say, “One day at a time!” During the hard lockdown over the winter months of 2020, I resorted to climbing on our roof every morning. Some folk were alarmed at my exploits, but my deep desire was to see the sunrise every morning; to experience God in a different way and to find inspiration in the small things around me. I can honestly say that every sunrise was different. It wasn’t just the clouds or the sky, or the light or the breeze, but the moment it filtered into the birds, the wildlife, the colours of the changing seasons. I felt that God was pressing me to open my eyes and to adopt a new mantle of gratitude. I was so blessed during those particular sunrises. The blessing extended because I was also able to share them with my friends via live stream. Indeed, I created new cyber-friends who started to follow the regular sunrises. Our God never disappointed – he carried me through the year, one day at a time. So as we approach this new, uncertain year, I’d like to encourage you to take life one moment at a time. Let’s be mindful of who our God is, let’s spend time meditating on His word, let’s fall in love with Him all over again and let’s reach for our special talents to inspire others. We don’t have to do it all at once – just one day at a time. Because of the Lord ’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. (Lamentations 3:22‭-‬23 NIV) HAPPY NEW DAY! With love, in Christ Caryl