Most of us have mixed feelings as a new year begins. The future is unknown, and when people are faced with the unknown, they react in different ways.
Some people are decidedly uncomfortable as they contemplate the future.
They think of all the terrible things that might happen, and of all the problems and difficulties that may confront them, and they retreat into a world of worry and depression. Other people, confident in their own ability or their own fortune, assume that happiness and prosperity lie ahead, and believe that they will somehow be immune to misfortune. The first group pessimistically assumes the worst. The second group blindly assumes that nothing will go wrong. They are undisturbed by any thoughts of what might lie ahead, for they know full well that the Lord will look after them.