For many people, the new year provides an opportunity to reflect upon the coming challenges and crossroads as well as the exciting prospects and presence of a new season.
Ecclesiastes 3 provides this wisdom: "Everything that happens in this world happens at the time God chooses. He sets a time for birth and the time for death, the time for planting and the time for pulling up.....He has set the right time for everything. He has given us the desire to know the future, but never gives us the satisfaction of fully understanding what he does. So I realized that all we can do is be happy an do the best we can while we are still alive. All of us should eat and drink and enjoy what we have worked for. It is God's gift." (Eccl. 3: 1-13).
So, in the spirit of this Old Testament Scripture, and along with another from the New Testament, 1 Cor. 1-3, 13., I have established my resolutions. With scripture as my motivation and framework, I will attempt to "enjoy...God's gifts" in my life...self, spouse, children, friends, health, wealth, and all the moments and seasons that occur in 2009. I've dubbed this year "An Affair to Remember" and I'm referring to a love affair with my Creator. I seek greater intimacy with the source of all love so that my life overflows with it. As my life grows in faith, hope, and love, I pray that you see not my face changed, but the face of our Creator embracing you.
May you encounter a peace, love, faith, and hope this season...2009.
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