For some of you, as for me, there have been some challenges, sadness, disappointment in 2014, because, well people disappoint us no matter how hard they try to be good. Like us. A long-time friend dies and we feel lost without that person in our lives or there`s a broken heart when a marriage ends.

But there`s one who does not disappoint or let us down but is with us wherever we are. We have only to acknowledge that being in our life. God sent his Son, Jesus. He offers such grace that we are blessed by that enormous love such as we have just celebrated on Christmas Day. The story in Luke 2:6-7 (NIV):

While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no guest room available for them.

To all my followers on this blog and for those who happen by and need encouragement, may 2015 be a year where some of your wishes and goals come to fruition and you have a new sense of divine purpose and leading. May this song be a blessing this year as you move forward to a New Year.

(This Hallelujah is different than Leonard Cohen`s song, although it bears Cohen’s tune with a different set of words. Think Greensleeves and What Child is This?)