Well, today is National Diane Day. There are fewer and fewer of us...it used to be a popular name back in the late 50's early 60's. Now it is pretty rare. On a more exciting note, it's "Dental Drill Appreciation Day"! We'll talk about the hard things that are actually good things. We'll come back to this theme for our Valley of Vision prayer today as well.

• Stay-On-Track Bible Reading Schedule: Today's reading is Leviticus 1-5 (Day 25 on the schedule).
• Daily Jesus Prophecy #20: "The Seed of Judah" in Genesis 49:10 fulfilled in John 11:47-52.
• Daily Scripture Writing from The Planning Woman: Today's passage on Priorities for the New Year is 1 Thess. 4:9-12. Several directives here about how we love and how we live.
• Daily Scripture Memory: This week we are memorizing 1 Corinthians 13:1-4.
• Jonathan Edwards' Resolutions, #8 is to remember, as the saying goes, "When I point my finger at others, there are three more fingers pointing back at me." Be humble.
• Our prayer scripture on the topic of "Christian Walk" is Romans 1:17. Today we look at some notes from Matthew Poole on the idea of "faith to faith".
• The Valley of Vision: Today's reading is "Grace in Trials".