2009….what’s ahead?!
Happy New Year!!! It was an interesting new year’s this time around….my mind was full of questions…what will this year hold? If 2008 taught us anything it’s that we truly don’t know what each day will hold, but we KNOW who is in control…we KNOW who holds everything in the palm of His hands….we KNOW who is faithful!!!
So…what are my resolutions for this year? Honestly it’s one thing….to draw as close as I can to Jesus Christ….because the closer I get to Him, the better EVERYTHING will be! Do I mean that things will just be wonderful all the time? No…but I do mean that no matter what I’m facing I will have God’s hope, His peace, His joy even….He is faithful! I want to shout that all over because He took us through some amazing things last year…and as tough as they were, I hope we came out stronger…I know that we’re different from this time last year…we’ve grown a lot….I hope this time next year we can say the same thing.
I had a friend several weeks ago share something with me, and as she talked, the lack of hope she had broke my heart. I realized that she was just one of millions of people who have no hope, no peace, nothing. Why? Because they don’t have Christ in their lives….so who is going to tell them? Who is going to be Jesus to them this year of 2009? So…do you have anyone that comes to mind that fits the description of my friend? What part are you going to play in their lives this year? Even if if you are someone that has a hard time verbally telling someone about Christ, remember that it is your life that will speak the loudest to them. Pray that they will see Christ in you…who knows what seeds that God will plant because of your life this year? Something to think about….