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"Only a real risk tests the reality of a belief."
— C.S. Lewis
About The Editor: Greetings! My name is Jeff and I'm one of your regular editors for the official Spiritual Newsletter! I've been a member of Writing.com since 2003, and have edited more than 400 newsletters across the site during that time. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me via email or the handy feedback field at the bottom of this newsletter!
While this newsletter will be published on Christmas Day, at this time a year, I find myself thinking ahead to the new year. I tend to take some time to reflect on what's happened over the past twelve months - both the good and the bad - and what I anticipate will be coming in the next twelve months of the new year.
One of my friends asks two questions whenever he celebrates someone's birthday, and they're questions that I shared on the newsfeed post about this newsletter. The questions are: What's one thing that you're happy to be leaving behind as you embark on a new year? and What's one thing you're looking forward to in the new year?
I really like these questions because they force me to think about both the highs and lows of what's going on in my life, and looking and life like that has a way of putting things into perspective. Acknowledging the negative can give you closure and help you turn a page, while acknowledging the possibilities can give you hope and enthusiasm for what's ahead.
This won't be a long newsletter editorial this month, and that's intentional because I really want to encourage you to sit with both of those questions over the next week. Between Christmas Day and New Years' Eve, take some time to reflect on what 2024 has been for you... whether that's good or bad... and then think about what the possibilities are for you in 2025.
Let's all head into the New Year with a sense of gratitude for what's come, and optimism for what could be.
A man struggles to become a published author after decades as a mainteance man. by Damon Nomad
EXCERPT:Clarence found Jerry in the small room where they always ate lunch together. "Hey, boss. What you got for me today?" The older man read the Bible each day just before eating lunch. Jerry had been doing it since before Clarence started working as a maintenance tech at City College sixteen years ago. Clarence wasn't a religious type but he felt better hearing a key part of a passage each day.
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We just finished studying Job, and while this isn't my first go-around, I learned something. While none of us want to go through what Job did, we have all experienced a portion of his trials. Be grateful in all things. Everything is a learning experience, even when we don't like the lesson.
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Spiritual: December 25, 2024 Issue [#12910]
