When we are able to learn from our past, but live in the present and be open to the future, this New Year will be both new in date, but also in our lives! The Lord is the vine and we are the branches! This explains the indwellling of God's Presence within us! He allows the branch to blossom out and bear fruit, yet there would be no fruit if He were not the source of Divine Life Within us! We must stay "connected" to Him in prayer and in His Word! We must then put on "new" lenses in how we view the world, others and God's Purpose for us! God is ALWAYS doing something new in our lives -May we "put on a new" self: receptive, open and refreshed as God's Spirit moves In us, Through us and From us! Love and prayers! ✝️