I started off the year doing what I always do, praying for a verse that God will work out in my life throughout the year. Something that I can encourage myself with, challenge myself with, and cling to in the hard moments. I also did a lot of reflecting on 2008 and thinking about what I learned and what I can take into 2009. And then I thought to myself "Why do I wait for a whole new year to do this? Why don't I wake up every morning proclaiming verses and thinking about what happened the day before and what I learned that can take with me into day?"
Our culture loves the excitement and celebration of a great new year, a time when the dreadful old past can be put behind us and all things new can begin. But, to quote the old cliche, isn't every day the first day of the rest of our lives? If God's mercies are truly new every morning, shouldn't our outlook be as well? I look forward to this grand moment once a year where I can proclaim newness when, in actuality, God is ready and willing to proclaim it daily.
So should I be.
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