Beginnings
& Endings
I recently saw this quote, "No one can go back and
start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending"
(Unknown). I really began to think about that statement. The conclusion was
that we don't start over; but we begin again right where we are, making things
better in our lives.
As a believer in Christ, it is not about saying I will do
this and I won't do that and then dropping the idea or falling short. It is
more about asking the Lord to help us each day, to fall deeper and deeper in love
with Him. This way our focus will be set on the things of heaven and not on all
this earthly stuff.
If I were to make a New Year resolution, it would be to
have a deeper commitment, a deeper love, and a deeper worship for the Lord. In
the beginning of this past year, He spoke to me in that still small voice in
prayer and said, "I am more than enough. I am more than enough in every
area of your life." He also said to tell others the same thing. This
year I am determined to make Him my all and all. He wants our undivided
attention in spite of the distractions and temptations that lie waiting around
the corner. He has to be our main focus.
How we will end this year will be determined by how we
started it. Did we want to get more "INTIMATE" with the lover of our
soul? I looked up the word intimacy and the meaning is to be close, familiar,
very personal and private.
Do you want a new ending this year? How do you want the
ending of your life? If you're not a Christian, please know that this could be
the best New Year of your life. Your life can be filled with hope and peace. To
know what the ending will be is an extra bonus. Why should every year be the
same as the one before with nothing really changing? After all, the New Year
resolutions may or may not get accomplished.
If you are a Christian and you feel stagnate in your
relationship with the Lord, then now is the time to rekindle the love affair
with Him. He calls us to Himself and says, "Come away my beloved."
Can you hear Him? He is tugging at your heart. The real ending in our life will
be when Jesus says “well done my good and faithful servant.” That statement
will be for someone who took the time to get to know Him, love Him, and that
obediently followed Him.