It’s New Year’s Eve. Do
you have a list of resolutions for the upcoming year? Perhaps you know better
than to compile a list containing more than one item. Your chances of success
are much better if you keep it simple. Lose weight. Exercise. Overcome a bad
habit. Start a good habit. Be nicer to your family. Find a new job. Hopefully all of these aren’t on your list!
We see the beginning of
a new year as an opportunity to start fresh. With the turn of the calendar, it
seems easier to release the burden of our failures and be optimistic about our
chances for success. For those who are in Christ Jesus, every day is the
beginning of a clean record. I don’t have to lug around guilt and
disappointments from the past because they belong to the old me. I may have
messed up yesterday but Jesus’ blood is the eraser that wipes my slate clean –
again.
While Jesus forgives
and forgets, I don’t have the luxury of amnesia to go with my new identity. And
that’s a good thing. I carry with me the memories of my past sins but that
means I also remember that Jesus carried those sins. Constant awareness of the
price he paid motivates me to keep working on my list of resolutions – daily.
Hourly. Minute by minute!
Happy New Year!
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Amen Connie. This is Mark Gray, Happy New Year to you!
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