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Ushering in the New Year

ushering in the new year

Just as this sunset says good night to the day, today’s sunrise is ushering in a new year. Seems like a. great time for a reset!

Sunset over a landscape with silhouettes of radio towers and trees.

What is on the horizon for 2026? I am not sure. There are ideas and plans but I have never been one to think of all the details. One thing I’ve learned in life is that one’s best plans can change at any moment. I have often started in one direction and God has changed my path along the way.


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The sunset above was captured at the Gary/Chicago International Airport. Two different perspectives of the same sunset were featured on “The Occasional Sunset.”

I am curious to know your thoughts.

24 responses to “Ushering in the New Year”

  1. Happy new year!! I know what you mean about having our plans but they can change when God has other plans in mind albeit better than what we can ever imagine for ourselves.

    1. You are so right about God’s plans always being better. Wishing you all the best for 2026, Esther.

  2. Some great thoughts to usher in the New Year. HNY Pepper.

  3. Thank you and a lovely and sweet NEW YEAR 2026 for you so Pepper β™₯

    1. Thanks, Lisa. 😊

  4. A new day and a new year and I like the idea of a reset. I know I need one as 2025 was not my best year.

    1. I am sure 2026 will be better since Day One of 2026 started out with some sunshine. Much better already than the end of 2025. 😁

      1. Yes, even if it is ineffective sunshine (borrowing that term from the Accuweather meteorologists), it still perks up sagging Winter spirits from all the gray skies.

        1. I couldn’t agree more. Sunshine brightens even the grayest of days. πŸ˜‰

  5. Happy Bright New Year!!

    1. Thanks and to you as well. 😊

  6. Happy 2026, Irene!

    1. Thanks and to you. as well, Sandy. 😊

    1. Thanks, Gisela. Wishing you a wonderful 2026. 😊

      1. Er prepair the ways for what is coming. πŸ™πŸ’•πŸŒΈβœ¨β„οΈ

    1. Thanks, Eliza.

  7. “In their hearts humans plan their course, but the Lord establishes their steps.” (Prov. 16:9) Like you, I have often started in one direction until God steered it in another, much better way. Happy New Year! (Leo)

    1. Absolutely, it has always been a better way. 😊

  8. Happy New Year Pepper.

    1. Thanks, Leanne. Hoping the same to you. 😊

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