Claire's Prayer

Have you ever had news that seems simply too good to be true?  In fact, the news is so good that joy explodes inside you, and you can hardly comprehend it!  I remember when my husband and I were trying to have a baby, time after time we were disappointed.  And then that day came, I’ll never forget it, when the nurse told me I was pregnant!  I wanted to jump over the counter and kiss her, I couldn’t believe it.  I walked home floating on a cloud, so incredibly overjoyed.  𝗜𝘁 𝗳𝗲𝗹𝘁 𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗶𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗼 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗲.

In 1965, Navy Commander Porter Halyburton was shot down over Vietnam along with his co-pilot.  His wife Marty Halyburton was informed of his death and the news was absolutely devastating.  A young widow at 24 with a newborn baby to raise by herself.  Coming to grips with her husband’s death was truly hard and I cannot imagine the river of tears she must have shed.  18 months later it was discovered that Porter was a Prisoner of War in the Hanoi Hilton and not dead at all!  Military representatives came to Marty’s home with the dramatic news that her husband was alive – what a roller coaster.  She was then told not to tell anyone at this point.  How do you hide a new spring in your step, a smile that radiates from your lips, and eyes that brim with excitement?  As soon as Marty was permitted, she called everyone she could think of with the news; “𝗛𝗲’𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲!”

After Jesus rose again He appeared to the eleven disciples, at first, they were frightened thinking that they were seeing a ghost and then Jesus showed them the brutal scars in His hands, the nail marks in His feet.  In Luke 24:41 it says this; “𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙙𝙞𝙙 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙫𝙚 𝙞𝙩 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙟𝙤𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙢𝙖𝙯𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩, 𝙝𝙚 𝙖𝙨𝙠𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢, “𝘿𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙚𝙖𝙩?”  They were so amazed, and joy bubbled up within them, they almost couldn’t believe it.  Jesus was alive!!  They bought Him some fish and he ate, definitely not a ghost.  Can you just imagine their excitement?!

Joy and Amazement, Delight and Wonder.  Elation that Jesus was alive, that He rose again, defeated Satan, sin and death on our behalf!  Good news indeed.  Very good news.  Should this not be our reaction every time we sit with Him, each morning when we breath the name “Jesus,” at the beginning of our prayers.  Joy and Amazement that we are meeting with the One who made the stars to shine, took on the enemy and won, knows every hair on our heads.  Delight and Wonder that the Savior of the World sits down and communes with us! Oh, Precious Jesus, how wonderful. 

𝗧𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗜 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗝𝗲𝘀𝘂𝘀 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗺𝗮𝘇𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁, 𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝗷𝗼𝘆, 𝗷𝘂𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝗶𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀, 𝗔𝗹𝗺𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘆 𝗚𝗼𝗱.

Imagine watching the Creator create right at the beginning of time! A streak of liquid gold rips across the sky and thunder and lightning are spoken into existence. Tiny tree frogs of every hue appear out of nothing. An ostrich with its long, scrawny neck and incredibly lengthy eyelashes, a chameleon changing from one color to the next, soft baby lambs and mighty lions with enormous feet shaking their golden manes, all summoned at the word of God! Creativity at its finest!

In Exodus 31:3-5 we discover a man named Bezalel. Bezalel was the first man to ever be 𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 with the Spirit of God. “𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙄 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙛𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙙 𝙝𝙞𝙢 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙎𝙥𝙞𝙧𝙞𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙂𝙤𝙙, 𝙞𝙣 𝙬𝙞𝙨𝙙𝙤𝙢, 𝙞𝙣 𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜, 𝙞𝙣 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬𝙡𝙚𝙙𝙜𝙚, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙣 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙧 𝙤𝙛 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙥, 𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙜𝙣 𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙘 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠𝙨, 𝙩𝙤 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠 𝙞𝙣 𝙜𝙤𝙡𝙙, 𝙞𝙣 𝙨𝙞𝙡𝙫𝙚𝙧, 𝙞𝙣 𝙗𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙯𝙚, 𝙞𝙣 𝙘𝙪𝙩𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙟𝙚𝙬𝙚𝙡𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙨𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜, 𝙞𝙣 𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙬𝙤𝙤𝙙, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠 𝙞𝙣 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙧 𝙤𝙛 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙥.” Bezalel was filled with the Spirit of God so that he could create! The gift of creativity from the Creator!

Here we stand, right on the edge of a brand-new year. A fresh year full of opportunity. Let’s pray that the Creator would fill us with His Holy Spirit enabling us to be full to the very top with creativity. That the Spirit would give us wisdom, understanding, new ideas and fresh insight into all that we do. That everything we put our hands to will prosper (Deut 28:8) and that the LORD would give us every place we set our feet! (Josh 1:3)

𝗣𝗿𝗮𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗲 𝗷𝗮𝗺-𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝘆!

A New Year. New challenges. New adventures. From what we have learned from the years gone by, there will be excitement, breathtaking miracles, trials, and tests, and the presence of the LORD with us through every single moment. Could 2025 be the year we choose to live in faith and obedience like those great heroes of the faith? A great army marching side by side, conquering the great unknown for the King and His Kingdom?

As I contemplated one of those great heroes, Elijah, I concluded that so many of those quests and commands from the Great I Am are often not the way I would plan them, but Elijah was obedient every step of the way. Do you remember the widow whose oil and flour never ran out? The story in 1 Kings 17 is worth a read. “𝙂𝙤 𝙖𝙩 𝙤𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙕𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙥𝙝𝙖𝙩𝙝 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙜𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙎𝙞𝙙𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚. 𝙄 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙙𝙞𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙖 𝙬𝙞𝙙𝙤𝙬 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙪𝙥𝙥𝙡𝙮 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙛𝙤𝙤𝙙.” Go to a region of the Gentiles, Sidon, the one where Jezebel reigns? Surely there were widows in Israel. A widow would supply Elijah with food! Were they not the ones who lived in poverty? An unlikely quest, but one that Elijah obeyed without question when I have so many.

As Elijah met with the young widow and asked her to feed him, he certainly challenged the status quo. She told him she was gathering sticks to cook a last meal for herself and her son and then they would die! His response was contrary to anything that could be seen, when all the widow could see was scarcity, he talked of plenty, Elijah recognized God’s provision when the widow could only see deprivation. Elijah brought an encouraging word, one of faith into a situation of fear and resignation, his words to her; “𝘿𝙤𝙣’𝙩 𝙗𝙚 𝙖𝙛𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙙.”

Elijah trusted in the promise before He saw it, he knew God would deliver. He acted in obedience. Death and disaster were silenced by hope and a breathtaking miracle broke through. God provided, for both Elijah and the Gentile widow and her son.

As we go into 2025 let’s be like Elijah, trusting in the promises of God even when we don’t see them, obedient to those instructions that seem out of the ordinary, a willing participant in God’s breathtaking miracles!

There is something absolutely magical about a New Year—that clean slate, the opportunity to do things better or differently to the way they were done last year. There is something wonderful about putting up a crisp, clean calendar and carefully writing in those first new appointments. It is a time when we reflect back on the year before and vow to pray more, read more, give more, spend more time with the children, with your loved ones, with the LORD.

Lamentations 3:22-23 says that “𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙛𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙇𝙤𝙧𝙙 𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙘𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚𝙨; 𝙃𝙞𝙨 𝙢𝙚𝙧𝙘𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙖𝙣 𝙚𝙣𝙙; 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙣𝙚𝙬 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜; 𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙛𝙖𝙞𝙩𝙝𝙛𝙪𝙡𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨.” Our LORD doesn’t just give you a clean slate at the beginning of a New Year, but every single day of the week! His love for you is new every day. It never, ever ceases. There is no end to His mercies!

As you sit back and reflect on what this New Year will bring, allow God to take His pen and begin to write your story on your clean slate. Remember that He will give you a new one whenever you ask for it! His mercy is new every morning and He is faithful—so very faithful!

𝗝𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱! When I say that out loud it doesn’t seem possible that we could be in 2025 already! Along with a new year comes new visions, resolutions, a brand-new page to be written upon. It’s a time to sit and ponder about what 2025 will bring, a time of hope for the future. We want to do better, be thinner, get fitter, save more, love more. A desire for change is birthed every New Year’s morning!

As I sat and considered my own life a study came across my desk, it is called The Power of 4 Effect. The Center for Bible Engagement surveyed over 400,000 people around their world and their findings were astounding. If you are not reading your Bible four times a week, then your life is statistically the same as that of a non-believer! Your life will not change in any significant way than that of one who never reads His Word! This survey also discovered if you are in God’s Word four times a week, you are 30% less likely to be lonely, 59% less likely to view pornography, 228% more likely to share your faith and 407% more likely to memorize Scripture! Those are some mind-blowing stats!

John 8:31-32 says this; “𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙅𝙚𝙨𝙪𝙨 𝙨𝙖𝙞𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙅𝙚𝙬𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙙 𝙃𝙞𝙢, “𝙄𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙗𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙈𝙮 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙙, 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙈𝙮 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙘𝙞𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙨 𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙚𝙙. 𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙩𝙝, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙩𝙝 𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙛𝙧𝙚𝙚.” If you tarry and remain in the Word of God, then you will know the truth! Not only that, but His Word will also set you free and deliver you from bondage! What a beautiful promise, a promise of change and freedom.

𝗔𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗻 𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 𝗺𝗮𝘆 𝗜 𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗶𝘁 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗚𝗼𝗱. He will change you, remold you, and set you free. You will be a radically different person by the end of this year. Not only that but when those hard times come you will have something to stand on, God’s Word hidden in your heart!

2025. A brand new year. Will we step into it with feelings of trepidation or rush into it with freedom and excitement? 2024 flew by with the war in Ukraine entering its third year, war in the Middle East and attacks on Israel, Hurricane Helene devastating much of North Carolina. Perhaps it wasn’t the year we had dreamed of or desired. There is a feeling that we need to tiptoe softly, tentatively, nervously into 2025, not expecting anything. Fear of the unknown weighs heavily.

Two words have shaped my life in a huge way. 𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝗚𝗼𝗱. I should be dead in my sin, 𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝗚𝗼𝗱. So many bad decisions along the way, 𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝗚𝗼𝗱. Knowing our wonderful Abba Father the way I do, I know there is going to be a 𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝗚𝗼𝗱 in 2025.

A quick search of the Bible reveals dozens of scriptures that contain a ‘𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝗚𝗼𝗱!’ “𝘽𝙪𝙩 𝙂𝙤𝙙 𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙉𝙤𝙖𝙝,” “𝘽𝙪𝙩 𝙂𝙤𝙙 𝙙𝙞𝙙 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙜𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝘿𝙖𝙫𝙞𝙙 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙨,” “𝘽𝙪𝙩 𝙂𝙤𝙙 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙧𝙚𝙙𝙚𝙚𝙢 𝙢𝙚 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙢 𝙤𝙛 𝙙𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙝” 𝙖𝙣𝙙 “𝘽𝙪𝙩 𝙂𝙤𝙙 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙜𝙩𝙝 𝙤𝙛 𝙢𝙮 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙢𝙮 𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧!” The best one of them all is in Acts 13:29-30: “𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙙 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙬𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙣 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙝𝙞𝙢, 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙩𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙝𝙞𝙢 𝙙𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙧𝙤𝙨𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙡𝙖𝙞𝙙 𝙝𝙞𝙢 𝙞𝙣 𝙖 𝙩𝙤𝙢𝙗. 𝘽𝙪𝙩 𝙂𝙤𝙙 𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙝𝙞𝙢 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙚𝙖𝙙.”

We certainly don’t have the answers—only questions about what 2025 may or may not bring. But we do know our God is a redeemer. He has not only redeemed our very lives through His death on the cross, but He redeems each one of our stories. We know that God has plans for us for this year, and we know He has put us here for a purpose. Even though the storm clouds of fear, anxiety, and worry may gather on the horizon, 𝗹𝗲𝘁’𝘀 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 ‘𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝗚𝗼𝗱’ 𝗶𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 —the ‘But God’ that raises us from the dead, brings dry bones to life, and gives us strength, purpose and vision! May He fill your year with surprises, joy, and pleasure around every corner. May your year be filled with ‘𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝗚𝗼𝗱!’

Looking for God’s surprises with you,

Matthew didn’t start his book off with a bang or a flourish, there were no fireworks.  Not like Mark who exploded straight into the story of a Wildman coming out of the wilderness eating locusts and honey!  A man who cried out within the first few sentences, “𝙋𝙧𝙚𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙒𝙖𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙇𝙊𝙍𝘿.”  (Mark 1:3). No, Matthew began with a list, perhaps just like a taxman. A list of names, many of which I cannot pronounce, a historical record, the genealogy of Christ.  If there was anyone who could list these names in the correct order it was Matthew, a literate, learned man, a former Government employee, indeed that collector of taxes!

Even though we so often skip over this long list of names, it is of vital information, scripture that is God breathed!  You see, the Messiah had to come from the line of King David and names are so very important to God.  Behind each name in the genealogy of Jesus is a story, some are heroes of the faith, some were scoundrels, and others, well we don’t really know their story. 

Sitting in my living room at home I have our family bible, it is a huge leather-bound bible that dates all the way back to 1864!  Written in the front pages is the genealogy of my family and one of the very first entries is Maud Collings. I never knew Maud; I don’t know what her life was like or even what she looked like, but I do know that she has a story and isn’t forgotten by God.  When I counted the generations in my family tree there were 7, not many when you consider the fact that there are 42 from Abraham to the Messiah, Jesus.  But the names on that faded page of my bible are important to me, they are my history, just as all those names in Matthew 1 are important to Jesus, His history.

Not only are those names important to the LORD but they are of key significance to us as well.  A prophecy fulfilled at the birth of Jesus.  John 7:42 says, “𝘿𝙤𝙚𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙎𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙥𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙨𝙖𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙈𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙖𝙝 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝘿𝙖𝙫𝙞𝙙’𝙨 𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝘽𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙡𝙚𝙝𝙚𝙢, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝘿𝙖𝙫𝙞𝙙 𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙙?”  And indeed, Jesus was born in Bethlehem and by His genealogy we can see he came from the line of David!  In fact, at the time Micah was crying out that the Messiah would be born in Bethlehem, (Micah 5:2) Isaiah was prophesying how our Savior would come from Jesse, King David’s father! (Isaiah 11)

Perhaps it is worth struggling through this list of names and learning how to pronounce them, names the LORD wanted remembered.  Names important to the Father.  Names showing without a shadow of doubt that Jesus Christ is the Messiah, the Son of God.  𝗡𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝘁𝗼𝗼 𝗮𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗲, 𝗮𝗱𝗼𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗴𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁!