Ok, I am just
going to start typing because I have been thinking about writing this last
entry for 2014 for weeks now. There has
been so much on my mind! Everything from
the holiday blues, family relationships (that’s big), work expectations in the
new year, and finally to what is God
going to do in the New Year!!!! I know I
am not alone. Probably anyone who is
reading this will have had at least one of these thoughts over the past several
weeks. To what degree you have them
depends on many factors. Some of these thoughts deal with the past, others with
what is going on today, and finally the rest with the future. Thankfully we have choices on how to deal with these
thoughts.
I don’t know
about you, but because of Love, I always look to see what God says I should be
focusing on. In one of my favorite books
of the bible, Isaiah, we receive some guidance with our thoughts:
Isaiah 4318 “But forget all
that—it is nothing compared to what I am going to do. 19 For I
am about to do something new. See, I have already begun! Do you not
see it?
See what we
need, what the “world” needs is hope! (1 Corinth 13:13) We find that in the hope provider,
the joy bringer, the life giver, the power deliverer….Jesus. So God says forget about all that other stuff
and watch me work in your life. Watch me
work through you. Watch as your faith
pleases me to action.
As Isaiah asks,
have you not sensed that God has already begun to work? Can you not see God moving all around you?
So as you end
2014 and by grace enter 2015, I hope you move FORWARD with hope forgetting all
that is past and becoming excited about the God who makes all things NEW! Amen.
