A Surprise Christmas Present

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not the same at all

As Christians, we are not here for our own purpose at all.
We are here for the purpose of God, and the two are not the same at all.
Oswald Chambers

Happy New Year 2025!

  Happy New Year 2025!!

to our family and friends near and far, 

old and new,

close and estranged 

from The Asbell Family!

Clint and I celebrated last night with Brandon, Emily, and Hannah. We ate a meal, snacked, played games, watched a movie, and then gathered and prayed at midnight.

I can not remember a New Year's when I laughed so hard and long! We had a very long and fierce multiple-deck UNO battle. Because I had to eat, I was dealt in late. The smack talk was rough. The nonstop joking became more intense as the game grew longer. We broke long enough to give thanks for the old year and ask for His blessing on the New Year. Then we went right back to the game. I won! After that, some serious rounds of Connect Four ensued.

2024 brought many big life changes to our family. Joshua moved out. Then Caleb moved out. Caleb asked Elora to marry him and then he married her. Jeremy asked Bethany to marry him. Joe and Amanda also became engaged. Joshua and Jurnee just went ring shopping last weekend. I always felt that when the marriages happened, it would happen one after the other. Here we are, and so it is!

We already know 2025 will bring additional changes to our family.

We are humbly asking the Lord's blessing, protection, and provision over us. We pray He keeps each of us focused on our relationship with Him and keeps us close to each other. I pray that God will remove every person, place, and thing that takes our family further from Him and put in 10 times the people, places, and things that draw us closer to Him. I also pray that each member of this family will aim and succeed in glorifying Him. My love to all.