The Lyrics to Mary's Song (part 4)

Well here we are.  Less than one week away from Christmas and less than two weeks away from the new year.  To put things into perspective, does anyone remember Y2K?  That was almost 20 years ago!  Time seems to fly by. 

Mary concludes her song with the following statement: "He has given help to Israel His servant, in remembrance of His mercy, As He spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and His descendants forever."  After stating her allegiance to her Savior and stating how blessed she is and remembering how strong He is, she simply concludes with He has helped and will continue to help.

This is a perfect reminder for the transition of years.  God has helped and He will continue to help.  Think of all of the times this year that God has helped.  I know that for me personally, God has helped by finding us a buyer for our home and a new home for us.  God has preserved all of our health and apart from a few colds we are doing well.  God has provided for our financial needs through a sad process of losing money on a house.  God has provided numerous new friends and blessed us with faithful friends who continue to visit and be a blessing to us.  God has helped our children continue to grow into beautiful (and handsome) blessings to us and to many others.  God has held our cars together, allowed us to move all of our things without anything of significance being broken.  He provided numerous helpers for our moving process which involved moving into storage, out of storage and into a house.  He provided a friend to drive to Illinois to help us pick up a few odds and ends.  He provided a place where we could live while we transitioned even though our transition was extended! 

As I go on and on about the blessings of this year I am reminded of the many more blessings of the years before.  This is not to say that the year has not been without challenges, but what an encouragement that God is my helper, what can man do to me?  What a blessed reminder that He has helped and will continue to help as He deems best.  Will you trust Him in the days and weeks ahead to be the God that He says that He is? 

To God be the glory now and in 2017!