'NO N.Y. RESOLUTIONS FOR ME!' 🤣 😘☺️🙏🏼✝️💖😃

🎈🎉 New Year's, Eve and Day, are right upon us! 😳 And, I am TRYING to be excited about this! 😑 Hopefully, each of you ARE excited for "YEAR 2019!" 😘 I just have many matters presently in my life, to which, I am adjusting, and, with which, I am dealing!  I believe that, with help from The GOOD Lord, I'll get the VICTORY - soon - for HIS - honor and glory!! 🙏🏼📖✝️🕊🙌🏼 The wonderful hymn, 'VICTORY in JESUS,' comes to mind, because, my victory is 'IN HIM,' not - in  mySELF!! (1 Corinthians 15:57) ✝️  😍 Several years ago, after MANY years of failing at accomplishing my New Year's resolutions, I decided to not make them any longer! Ha! 🤣 And, I have not! 😘 Therefore, I HAVE succeeded at accomplishing the intentions of the decision to not make N.Y's resolutions! #WINNING!! 👍🏼Woop!! 🤣 I DO have a couple of "life resolutions," in which, I set a couple months ago, which are:  1)  Continue to - seek to - know and do - God's perfect will  2) ENJOY living my life! (Colossians chapter 3) 📖🎈🎉😎 The part of this post, in which, I am writing today, is on Christmas Eve., which means that, we have our Frazie Christmas celebration tonight, at my brother and sister - in - law, Dino and Amy's, home. We always have a blessed - fun - time (36 years of going to Frazie Christ. parties - for me)! 🎈🎉 We used to celebrate at David's parent's home, however, that, along with a bunch of other things, continue to change, as I live my "earth-life!"  We have had it here at our home, some, throughout the years.  For around the past ten years or so, some years, we have the Frazie Thanksgiving celebration here. At any rate, we keep-on, celebrating - Christ and family, and, making precious memories!! ✝️💞👨‍👩‍👧‍👦🎈🎉 Christmas Day, the past few years, finds us celebrating Jesus' birthday, at my, son and daughter - in - law, Jeremy and Erika's, home. 🏡💞 We had our 'Hill' C. party - here - at our home - two nights ago!  We had a nice time of family togetherness!  And, we made another blessed memory!  My mother cooked most of the food, and, we each added supplemental, dishes and desserts. 🥘🎂 Years ago, we would go to my mother and father's home on Christmas Eve - afternoon - to eat dinner, open gifts, and fellowship - before going out to my in - law's festivities!  Whenever, I was much younger, we celebrated at one set of grandparent's home on Christ. Eve, and, at another the other set's - home, on Christmas Day!  And, I, love and cherish, ALL of the memories, in which, "I'm still able to remember," of the holidays that I've lived - these past fifty four years! 🎁🎈🎉 I thank The Lord for all of the beautiful moments with DEAR loved ones, and, friends, throughout - SO many holiday seasons!  Gracious sakes - HOW I miss my loved ones, who have passed on, and, lots of things about them, such as - mamaw Flossie and nanny's, delicious - "HOME COOK'N!!" 🎶 The ole song 'We Are Family,' that, 'Sister Sledge,' sang and recorded, sometime during my school days, pops into my noggin, right now! 🎶💭👨‍👩‍👧‍👦💖 / 🎈🎉🎄 Whenever, Christmas Day is approaching, I also realize that, my first born, son, Jeremy's, birthday, is approaching, too!  It is on Dec. 30. He was born one month premature - thirty five years ago, during a, snowy and icy, time! ❄️⛄️💙 It was a difficult birth, after twenty four hours of labor! 😫 Jeremy, has not been hindered in life - due to being a "premie," at all!!  IF, anything, it's been a motivator to him to excel!! He already has a bundle of accomplishments - in his life, and, I am more than, proud and thankful, for him!  But, I am mostly appreciative that, he is a kind, caring, hard working, etc., person, and that, he loves The Lord, and, is a great - father, husband, son, ETC.! 🙏🏼💙 I remember holding him, whenever, he was a newborn premie, as a new mother, and thinking, "I love you more than I ever knew that I could love another human being, and, I couldn't handle it - if  - something were to happen to you!" 😊💙 I felt the same way, whenever, I first held my second born, daughter, Camille, thirteen months later!  She was born via caesarean, after, twelve hours of labor. 😏  😳💗 The Christmas song, 'A Baby Changes Everything,' just came into my thoughts! 💜 Now, back to past Christmases! 🎄At grade school age, one of my happy memories is, whenever, one of my best friends, Marcia, or I, would call the other one, to share with each other what Santa had brought us for Christmas, and then, sometimes, we'd get together, to hang out, and, enjoy some of our presents! 😃🎁🎈🎉 And then, from sixth grade - on - another best friend and I, Karen, would do the same as Marcia and I, had.  Marcia had moved to the country at that point, therefore, we'd still do the phone call, but, were then, not always, able to get together. 🎁🎈🎉 On Christmas Day, my family (mom Ann, dad Gary, sister Tina, and I), would go to my mamaw and papaw Hill's home, so, getting together with any of my friends, came later in the evening.  I cherish the wonderful memories of all of these holiday moments! 🎄 New Year's Eve always involved parties, with family and friends, and then, after I got married, it has involved, celebrations with - church families, and, parties with, loved ones and friends. 🎈🎉 Anytime (past, present, and probably - future), in which, I participate in games, I embarrass myself, by getting into them - too much! Hehe!! 🤣 A puzzling thought just came into my mind..."whenever, I was younger, I lived life in the same way in which I play games...by REALLY getting into it/them...in an "OVER THE TOP" manner!! 🤠 So, what happened, you might ask...and, my answer is...LIFE itself - is what happened, with the enemy of my soul, satan, using his demons to - steal, destroy, and kill me, and, all the while, with me - fighting - him, the world, the flesh, the lust of  - the eyes, the flesh, and, the pride of life, etc. (not consistently "walking in the spirit," and,  leaning to my own understanding - too much, etc.)! 😫 It perplexes my "pea-brain," at times, whenever, I "lean to my own understanding," and, observe how much I have changed, in both, good and bad ways, while living my life - up until today! 😗 Come to think of it - recognizing my past failures - in these two areas - gives me two more things, with which, to choose, to try and LET, The Lord help me, do better in my LIFE, and, they are...#3) Walk in the spirit as much as possible (Galatians 5:16)  #4) Lean on my own understanding - LESS (Proverbs 3:5+6)!! 📖🙏🏼🕊✝️🙌🏼💜 Hey, I have decided to set one N.Y's. resolution - after all, and, it is...ATTEMPT to drink more coffee than I drank in "2018!!" ☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️😘☺️😊😃😂...just kidding!! 🤣 Here is a life resolution, in which, a few months back, I decided to...LIVE...in GOD's GRACE (in CHRIST) (#5)!! 💜 I suggest that you give HIM the opportunity to shed HIS GRACE on you, too, if, you have never done so! ✝️ GRACE comes from Christ Jesus, and, HIS finished work on the Cross (a heart belief and acceptance of HIM, and, The Gospel, which is HIS - death burial, and resurrection - Romans 10:9+10)!  ✝️🙌🏼💜...As this quote by - Ann Voskamp - says..."GRACE is the weapon that disarms the dark!" 💞✝️🙌🏼...well, since "It's (always) coffee o'clock somewhere," I'm going to "name it, and claim it," for - right here and now!! 😘💞👍🏼☕️☕️☕️😃 My next blog-post shall be in the new year ("2019"), therefore, I'm going to go ahead, and, wish you a "HAPPY NEW YEAR," in this one!! 😘😃🎈🎉 "HAVE A HAPPY "2019," YA'LL!!!" 🙏🏼✝️🎈🎉...☕️☕️☕️...coffee "CHEERS" to ya!!! 💖☕️☕️☕️💖...listening to 'Phillips, Craig and Deans' song, entitled, 'From the Inside Out!' 🎶😎...It's a good song! 👍🏼🎶🖤...I really am blessed by their music! 😃💞🎶...😘👋🏼...until next post...