References:

• Somewhere, over the Swiss Alps…
  • Lessons from “Oz?” or…
  • My year starts with a trip to Kenya.
• Drowning in guilt - כִּי־תַעֲבֹר בַּמַּיִם  “when you pass through the waters…” 
  • Isa 43:2 and Wm Faulkner’s “As I Lay Dying”
  • Ps 38 - v 4 - “For my iniquities have gone over my head.” - עָבַר (aw-bar') - pass over, by or through  
    • Abraham and the covenant ceremony of Gen 15
    • The Exodus - Ps 66
  • Isa 43:1-4 MSG
    • ““Don’t be afraid, I’ve redeemed you. I’ve called your name. You’re mine. When you’re in over your head, I’ll be there with you. When you’re in rough waters, you will not go down.
• Ask for help.
  • Hebrews 4:14-16 MSG
    • κρατέω (krat-eh'-o) - to have power, be powerful, to take hold of, seize, to keep carefully and faithfully
      • To what are you holding tightly? ὁμολογέω
    • “He’s been through weakness and testing, experienced it all—all but the sin.
• It’s a new day, a New Year. Call on Him. Cling to Him. Trust Him.