Hello, thank you for joining me today. Happy New Year. Happy, happy New Year. People always want to know what spiritual leaders are sensing and seeing at the beginning of a new year.

Due to the fact that today is a holiday, fewer people than normal will likely see the post.

Therefore, I'll begin addressing this topic tomorrow.

Today, I read one more devotional of dads and share some thoughts from my book,

The Pleasure of His Company, then we'll pray a strong

New Year's Day prayer. The title of the post today is, Words Fail. Every good gift and every

perfect gift is from above and comes down from the Father of Lights,

with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

Interesting phrases there in the King James, James 117.

From Dad's devotional, he says, gifts that flow to us through nature and providence

are good, every good and perfect gift to God said. But those that come through the atoning

work of Jesus are perfect. Ever since you were born, God has touched you in his providence.

Even the hairs of your head are numbered. God is forever the same in his goodness, love,

and care toward us. With him is no variableness, this verse says. What a great word Holy Spirit uses here.

It's the Greek word, paralage, an astronomical term describing the different positions of the

heavenly bodies that cause changes in the seasons

of the year. This is where our word parallax comes from. It is by the parallax that astronomers get the

measure of heavenly bodies. God, this verse is saying, I love this. Good job,

Dad. God has no parallax. You can't measure how large he is or how far away he is. You can't find him with telescopes. He that cometh to God must believe

that he is, that he's a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. With him, there is no shadow of

turning. He is always right overhead. He doesn't change like the shadow on the sun dial.

All he has committed himself to do in his word, he will do infallibly. He will bring us into full

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