Dec 31st. 2021: HAPPY NEW YEAR!

 

Are you ready to say goodbye to 2021? What are your main thoughts when you review the year? What would be the experiences that you will never forget when you think about this year? What resolutions are you considering for yourself as you anticipate 2022?


It has been a year of refocusing for me because of the noises and the confusion we have experienced. I don't want to be distracted by unhelpful and untrustworthy thoughts. My focus is to be noble, kind, loving, and compassionate. I feel a lot at peace when I can do that well.


It has been a year of learning to have meaningful realignment with God and His people. It does not mean that I work exclusively with Christians. I continue to discover that God is beautiful both inside and outside the church. True humility is being free to learn from people with whom we disagree.


It has been a year of thinking more and more about heaven. Why are we so afraid of death when we claim that eternal life is a certainty? Why are we so burdened by our possession in this world when knowing we cannot take anything with us? Why are we so concerned by the forces of this world while claiming to believe that God is in control?


It has been a year of coming to terms with my own brokenness. Broken people are easily offended. I am not free from that either. The more we want to tell others how to live their lives, the more we need to be in touch with our own broken hearts, corrupted minds, and spirit of contempt.


Have a good New Year's Eve with whatever you have decided to do. Be wise, be safe and be humble so you can get home. 


HAPPY NEW YEAR to you and yours!


Romans 8: 38-39

"For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord."

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