LATEST NEWS - New Year Resolutions

Praise God for a new year!  Can you imagine what life would be without a new year, new starts, new beginnings, new birth, new, new, new, new!  The word conjures up many visions of material possessions.  Seriously.  Doesn't it?  It's human nature.

But think for a minute of the new beginnings we daily have in Christ.  Each new day is a fresh start to say, "Hey, I choose to live with joy!  The joy of the Lord will be my strength!"  It's not so simple.  But once you "say it" - say it out loud then you will find ways that it happens.  

We're trying!  We have been overwhelmed with so many disappointments and heartbreaks these past few years that we are often find ourselves frustrated and irritated and even asking God questions that we already have answers to!  

Yes, we already have answers.  What are those?  He works all things together for our good.  Sometimes that's all the answer you will ever receive.  Does that bring peace to your heart or does that make you angry when you're looking for more exacting and certain answers?  His answers are not always what we want or expect.  Can you be content with that?  Human nature says no.  We want answers.  We want to know the end results before we go through it.  It's like reading the last chapter of the book before we read it from the front to the back.  God doesn't work like that.

So for this new year trust this one thing, He is giving you answers.  Not what you necessarily want, but answers. Look at Job's life?  Are you really facing life as he did?  If so, we pray you have the same faith and fortitude Job had to make it through such trials.  If not, then maybe you realize that the things you face are not so trying.

Why worry about tomorrow?  God is there and He is in control long before you get there.  Do your best where you are and trust that He's there  - before it began, while you are in it and on the other side of it!

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