a new beginningHappy New Year! Today we celebrate the beginning of 365 new days. 365 chances to live differently. 365 moments to give and receive love. 365 opportunities to create purpose and direction. 365 times to experience joy, peace, kindness, goodness, faith, gentleness, self-control and abundance, 365 days to live beyond ourselves by surrendering to God our Creator, Father and Lord.
It is fitting that a fresh start takes place in January after a month of being thankful (November) and a month of giving (December). We have had time to reflect over our past year, bask in the warmth of good memories, experience personal growth from the not so pleasant ones, be thankful for what we have and give to others from that abundance. We now have an opportunity to start afresh by building on our past and opening ourselves to the future. I love the way Oswald Chambers says it:
It is true that we have lost opportunities that will never return, but God can transform this destructive anxiety into a constructive thoughtfulness for the future...He allows the memory of them to turn the past into a ministry of spiritual growth for our future...(So) leave the broken, irreversible past in His hands, and step out into the invincible future with Him (for) "the Lord will go before you, and ...will be your rear guard." (Isaiah 52:12)
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