New Year’s Eve 

   As we look back over the past year, let’s try to focus on the good rather than the evil.

   There will be plenty of people who will recount every bad thing that occurred during the last year, but of what value is that?  When we focus on the negative it’s hard to remain positive in the way we live our lives.

   Instead of complaining about what we didn’t like, let’s instead be thankful for the many blessings of the year.  There is so much good to be celebrated if we will only look for it.  So many times we accept what is good as if it is our due.  We rarely take the time to give thanks to God, from whom all good comes.

   Evil has always been with us and will remain until our Lord comes again in His glory.  We can either allow the bad to dominate our lives or we can remember that Christ has overcome the world.  “In the end, God wins.” (Pope Benedict XVI).

   The world will continue until God decides it won’t.  Until then let us look to last year remembering the good and look to next year doing our best to contribute to the good.