Journal of a "Bride" in New York

I write my daily experiences outside Japan.

Count Down in Times Square

2012-01-01 | 日記
The New Year's Eve in NY is famous for the count down in Times Square.
The place is packed with people this year as well.

Three major TV stations broadcast live that celebration.

As the clock strikes 12:00, cheers and Confetti fill the air.
This kind of revelry is performed
only in a limited section of the city;
People at large lead a daily life as always.

Since the new year of our church begins in Nov. 2011,
I don't really stick at the new year's celebration
and haven't cared about fixing OSECHI (Japanese New Year's dishes) which has disappointed my husband.

What I have realized anew as we entered the new year in Nov. was
that God is truly the heavenly Father who loves us, cares for us,
and leads and guides us and disciplines us.

He responds to us who ask Him;
He comes closer to us when we get close to Him.

(This is the aerial fire work in the new year on the East River
shot from the window of my apartment.)