Today we say goodbye to another year; it’s been a year that will take its place among the pages of history, recorded, talked about, and notably remembered.
Today is a day we might walk through our memory bank, taking count of the many blessings stored in the vault. The pictures in your album of laughter, vacations, family events, friends, and those we love; all gold we have and carry. Giving thanks to the Lord for that, that you hold most dear. A sense of excitement inside for the new year and all its unique opportunities and adventures.
OR…
Today is a day we may spend reflecting on mistakes that still haunt us, wrong decisions made, mean words spoken, and ugly attitudes given. We might haul out the blackened photo album and reflect on all our hurts, misgivings, and disappointments. We could have a grand time beating ourselves up and deciding what’s the big deal, a new year, so it will just be the same as last year and the year before that!
Here’s what God has to say about our mistakes and our future.
Philippians 4:13 ESV “Brothers, I do not consider that I made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead.”
Proverbs 24:16 ESV “For the righteous falls seven times and rises again, but the wicked stumble in times of calamity.”
2 Timothy 3:16 ESV “All scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness.”
God gives us his words to learn and grow from, we don’t change overnight, and neither does our world, but if we stay steady, reading him, absorbing him, and applying the word in our life. I promise you will see and feel a change.
Hebrews 4:12 ESV “For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.”
Tomorrow starts a new day and a new year. God is ready to walk through life with you. I hope you are prepared to walk through life with him.
Prayer: “Dear Lord, God of all, I bow before you this morning and ask you to remove my sins, clean me white as snow. I believe you sent your son Jesus a sacrifice to die for me, so that I may live. I might not totally understand yet but I ask for you to help me understand and grow in you. I ask Jesus to come into my heart and life. To be in my world and to walk with me so I no longer walk alone. I thank you for this and that I will spend eternity with you. I pray these words and ask for a new year spending time with you. In Jesus’ Holy Name, I pray, Amen!”
If you just prayed this prayer, congratulations, you are now family. Your name is recorded in the book of life. You will spend eternity in heaven, walking streets of gold, where there is never darkness, pain, sickness, or death. Happy New Year!!!
Be blessed today, try and be a blessing and thank you for joining me. 🥰
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