It gives me great pleasure to bring to you holiday greetings and cheer!!! Indeed it has been an eventful year but nonetheless amazingly blessed. God has afforded me the opportunity to live yet another year and I am forever grateful for it. Though the many challenges faced throughout the year, I am most happy to say that indeed I have been more than a conqueror and have made it!!! There have been many ups and thankfully, not as many downs.
As we embark upon the Christmas season and shortly thereafter embrace the New Year, we must remember the true reason behind our celebration, which should and ALWAYS be Christ. He selflessly died and risen for our sins and has taught us a valuable lesson about being selfless for the greater good. Too often we are caught up about the presents and things that we desire all for self gratification without ever thinking about others and those who have not.
Not only during this season, but throughout the year we ought to think about others and consider them in our daily plans as Christ has taught us to be our brothers keeper. I encourage you to not only consider the material aspects of giving but also those gifts that cannot be bought or sold; gifts that are beneficial for others all year round and can be uplifting to them as they too face adversities in this life. Prayer would be my main suggestion among many others. We must see the need for prayer and must realize the supernatural power that it possesses.
It is vitally important that prayer is a part of our everyday life for it is the main vehicle that will carry us through all of our endeavors. I trust that you will adhere to such advice and keep pushing forth for greater things to come.
I’m not one to make New Year Resolutions as I honestly find them redundant. Reason simply being is that throughout the course of the year though my overall goals do not change, obstacles do occur and there is no sure guarantee that I will fulfill such resolutions. I do believe in living in the moment and embracing each day as it comes. Whiles I do encourage you to have overall goals and aspirations, I strongly advise you to not make them a yearly recycled vision but one that is beneficial in the long haul and meaningful towards the future.
I am beyond grateful for the people good has placed in my life and I thank you guys so much for all that you have added to my life. I look forward to celebrating over the season with many of you and for those that I have not yet come into personal contact with; I do look forward to doing so in the near future. I wish you all a very Merry Christmas and indeed a Prosperous New Year to come!!!
“Keep looking forward in knowing that your past is all now just memories, your present actuality and your future that of what you write as you mark each day with your living pen. What was shall never be again, those to come are unthought-of yet but what’s now is what truly matters at the end of the day.”
Authentically,
Akrizia ‘MaryAntonique’ Smith
