Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

The holiday spent visiting with loved ones left me filled with hope for the future and all warm with love for the precious little ones.

May God bless you all this coming year and find you eager to pursue your heartfelt desires.

For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. John 3:16-17

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