Dear Friends: I am sharing with you an excerpt from my favorite devotional book, the  classic My Utmost for His Highest, by Oswald Chambers. The final  words of the entry for December 31  provide a powerful thrust to launch us into the new year. May you be awakened to the joy of meeting 2024 with a secure  and courageous spirit. “SECURITY FOR TODAY:  ‘For ye shall not go out with haste.’  As we go forth into the coming year, let it not be in the haste of impetuous, unremembering delight, nor with the flight of impulsive thoughtlessness, but with the patient power of knowing that the God of Israel will…