I'm not a person for making resolutions. I'm not even that interested in New Years' Day as a holiday. The logical, practical, person in me sees a day that someone picked to mark out as the one where we'll start the calendar over. Not precisely anything, just someday where December ends and January begins.
This year is a little different. I don't completely know why I view it so, but I do. I've shared some of the tough times 2009 had for me. From all I've seen, heard, and walked, I know it was a tough year for a lot of people. I guess, given all of the difficulty I've been broken into looking for even a small piece of hope, tangible hope, to grasp.
In the latter part of Revelation 21:5 the Lord proclaims that He is making all things new. Now I don't want to be one to take scripture out of context. This really doesn't have anything to do with New Years' or anything else happening today, but it is a glimpse of what is to come. What I am seeing in the day today is a reminder that one day all things will be made new.
It is interesting that there are times in life when I get so wrapped up in being logical I miss the point altogether. I think for so many years this has been the case. This year, however, the Lord seems to have placed this little roadblock in my path to make me thoroughly acknowledge His grace. After such a year of suffering, my own and that of my brethren, I am reminded fully that God alone is sovereign.
So I take away from this an opportunity. An opportunity to not make my own way but to wait on the Lord. To be faithful, to be gracious, to forgive, to move forward. The things that have so held me back in the past are over and I must be mindful there is no need to relive any of them. The past is not what we're here for- we've been placed here by the God of all Grace for time and eternity, and that begins anew everyday.
-Andy
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