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Denny Mog in Touched by an E-mail, pp. 121-122, has some inter- esting insights for our New Year. He says, “There are two days in every week about which we need not worry. One of these days is yesterday with its mistakes and cares, its faults and blunders, its aches and pains. Yesterday has passed forever be- yond our control. All the money in the world cannot bring back yesterday. We cannot undo a single act we performed. We cannot erase a single word we said. Yesterday is gone! The other day we should not worry about is tomorrow, with its possible adversities, its burdens, its large promise and poor perfor- mance. Tomorrow is beyond our immediate control. Tomorrow’s sun will rise, whether in splendor or behind a mask of clouds. But it will rise. Until it does we have no stake in tomorrow for it is as yet unborn. This leaves only one day: today. Any person can fight the battles of just one day. It is when you add the burdens of two awful eternities – yesterday and tomorrow – that we break down. It is not necessar- ily the experience of today that disturbs one’s peace of mind. It is often the bitterness of something that has happened yesterday and the dread of what tomorrow may bring.” Truly said! Unchangeable moments of the past and unknown prob- abilities of the future can paralyze us into incomprehensible inac- tions in the present. Dare we afford to allow what has happened or what might happen to strap us into frustrating failure in the present? Now is the time. Today is the day. This is our choice. We truly only have this moment. Whatever the Old Year may have presented or the New Year offer, we have a new start as our present moments unfold. Someone said the past is gone, the future not yet happening. Now is a gift. That’s why we call it the “present.” Let’s ask God to keep us and it in the palm of His hand and give us strength to use it wisely. One great thing that transcends it all is mentioned in the text of Hebrews 13:8, “Jesus Christ…the same yesterday, today and forever.” Till Next Time, Don Johnson, Kirby Pines Chaplain f r om Don J oh n s on , K i r b y P i n e s Chap l a i n Chaplain’s COrner The Pinecone | January 2020 • 9 • January Vesper Services • 6:30pm • Performing Arts Center January 30th Mickey Bowdon Bowdon Miller Shepherding Group January 9th John Yarbrough Balmoral Baptist Church January 16th Denise Davis Recording Artist/Composer Crusade for Christ January 23rd John Sartelle Senior Minister Christ Presbyterian - Summerville January 2nd Butch Odom Church Health Center WE ONLY HAVE TODAY January 15-17, 2020 • 6:30 pm Kirby Pines Performing Arts Center Join us for Kirby Pines annual Crusade for Christ Wednesday: Dr. George Robertson Senior Pastor, Second Presbyterian Thursday: Denise Davis Recording Artist, Soloist and Composer Friday: Dr. John Enoch Senior Pastor, Covenant Baptist