Happy new year to all my readers.
2014 was a difficult year for me in some ways. I seemed to be always catching colds and stomach bugs. I don't think I had a whole month in 2014 without being ill at some point. I went to my doctor to talk it over and he said I shouldn't be too worried about it. It's just sometimes you get a run of things, especially when you're the dad to a two-year old who is always picking up bugs from his friends in play groups and mother and toddler groups.
I'm hoping things will improve in 2015 on that front.
At church, we have much to look forward to in the coming year. For one thing, we are enjoying having a new minister at our church after a vacancy that lasted more than three years. Jonathan de Groot has really hit the ground running at Sandyford Henderson. I've heard many people commenting on how much they have enjoyed his preaching since he took up post in November. We're all looking forward to hearing his new ideas for taking the church forward in 2015 under the Lord's guidance.
On the political front, having got through the Referendum in 2014 we can now focus on normal politics again with the UK general election due to take place in just five months' time in May. It promises to be a very difficult election to predict. At the moment, the most likely result is likely to be a hung parliament with a significant increase in SNP MPs and UKIP MPs likely at the expense of all the main UK parties. However, we need to remember Harold Wilson's famous adage that "a week is a long time in politics." Five months is an eternity and things could look very different come the spring than they do now.
Whatever the year holds in store for us, I wish you every blessing for happiness, prosperity and peace.
