A New Day, a New Year

Just want to pause a moment and thank all of you - known and unknown - who take the time to stop by the cafe, sometimes you just drop by and say hi and sometimes you stay a while and have some pie and butterbeer, but whatever you do, may you find joy and mercy and the love that passes all understanding in this new year. "Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creation," Paul writes in his second letter to his friends in Corinth. "Old things are passed away - behold, all things are made new." May this be so for you and for those you love.   Jesus reminds us, "These things I have spoken to you, so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you have tribulation, but take courage, I have overcome the world." And that is why we have hope.  Happy New Year!