A Year in Review

The year 2022 has come to an end. When together we may have a glance backwards, we may say that the goodness and faithfulness of the Lord have been all around us. No, I do not mean that there are no empty places amongst us. There were loved ones taken away by death. May the Lord remember all those who mourn such empty places in home and heart.

As The Banner of Truth committee, we also mourn an empty place. It pleased the Lord to take out of our midst Dr. Edward Nieuwenhuis who for seventeen years served as managing editor of our church periodical. May the Lord comfort his wife and family. May we all remember how frail and short the journey of our life is—a time that lies between the cradle and the grave, a time in which only one thing is important—that God’s Gift from heaven may become our Saviour.

In spite of what we are, the Lord has been good for us. For an entire year the Word of the Lord has come amongst us and for us. How tender were the callings unto the unconverted. There the Lord spoke, “Turn ye, turn ye unto Me, for why would ye be lost?” Oh, what a wonder when the Lord would give a turning in our life. Then we would come to see something of the breach between God and our soul. Then we would learn to cry, “Oh, Lord, have mercy upon me.” Such a lost sinner may experience that the Lord has never sent such a crying one away. The wonder in their life now is that the Lord began to instruct them who He is, a just and holy God, and who Christ is, an only and precious Saviour. What a great wonder that such a work of God is still with us. May the Lord give that in these dark and difficult times there be many who are stopped and who may find that open door in the blood of the dear Saviour.

Further, there is reason to be grateful for the editorial staff who labored quietly and prayerfully so that each month The Banner of Truth was received in our homes. May the printed word be accompanied with the blessing of the Lord for our souls. We, by the grace of God, stand on the threshold of a new year. May the Lord remember us with His undeserved blessings, not only for time, but above all, for the great eternity.

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