January 1
NEW YEARS HAS A
BLESSING wrapped up in its pages. It is filled with promise, potential, and the
unknown. It is the unknowingness of facing the next 365 days that fills many of
our hearts with fear. The “what ifs?” tend to hover in our thoughts and worry looms
on our horizons of emotions, mood and motivations.
There
are parts of the Bible that speak eloquently about the sacredness and joy of
new beginnings. These stories all are grounded in the first and most blessed
truth;
“In the beginning, God created the heavens and
the earth.” Genesis 1:1.
Our
natural, human minds cannot begin to grasp the immensity of what those words
embody. That in a point of the history of everything we can see, feel, touch,
smell, comprehend, there was a beginning. There was a nothingness that existed,
and then, in an incomprehensible Creation moment by a being, God the Creator,
that surpasses anything any of us can begin to comprehend, the heavens and the
earth were spoken into existence. What
power! What enormity! What wonder!
Presently,
I can look out my window and see the lush cedar branches lit by golden
sunlight, swaying in a chill, winter wind. Could I create that tree? If I
really, really wanted to? If I worked, and studied, and worked my entire life,
I could never create even one cedar tree. I cannot create the wind, or the sun,
or the millions of other elements that make up my known world. I am and you are
wonders of creation also. We accept what we are; we accept the gift of life,
without understanding how or why we exist. We are born into the world as it
were, blank slates, upon which are written in our hearts and minds longings to
know, and be known by this Creator, God.
“So God created man in His own image,
and in the image of God created He him. And God saw everything that he had
made, and behold, it was very good.” Genesis 1:27,31
We
are, made in the image of God. We were pronounced a good creation. We have each
been gifted with the ability to think, plan, dream, work, create and fulfill
our destinies. How important is it to
seek to know what we should do with our lives; to understand if we are merely
captives in a world that is without purpose, a day to day existence that just
happens? Or to know, beyond knowing that God, the Creator made us to live in
His creation as vibrant, alive, purposeful beings with lives marked by purpose,
and passion and fulfillment of vision.
A
New Year, this New Year beckons with
open arms for us to seek with open hearts and minds to know what our purposes
are for this year. To pray and ask God to illumine our thoughts with His plans,
His purposes so that the goals we create, the plans we make fall in line with
His purpose and plan for our lives.
“For
I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and
not to harm you, plans to given you hope and a future.” Jeremiah 29:11
Unsure?
Don’t know where to start? Keep these three things in mind: 1. Be willing to
seek God. (Humbleness) 2. Read the Bible daily. (Diligence) 3. Pray and ask God
for His guidance. (Openness).
. Note
to Self- Day 1- I will see my world as one
filled with possibilities. I will envision myself as partners with the Creator
of the Universe to plan my days, to fulfill my purposes. I will endeavor to see
each day as a priceless gift upon whose page I have the privilege of writing my
purpose in planned, creative actions.
Hope your year is filled with blessings.
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