As we enter this new year, I pray that it's going to be filled with God's blessings each and every day. I find joy in knowing that God's mercies are created new for us each morning (as we're reminded of in Lamentations 3:22-24) and I hope you do too.
At the start of every year, I hear people make new resolutions. The coming of a new year brings hope for many that they can start fresh with new beginnings. This can be looked at as a testament to the desire for change - to make things right, to make things better. I'm sure most - if not all - people don't start off their year thinking about how they're going to make things worse for themselves. Rather, there seems to be this courage and hope that a new year means renewed focus and strength for a better life. And we know that true life comes through Jesus Christ alone and in picking up our cross daily to follow after Him.
So, with this new year, I just wanted to remind everyone of God's promise to us that we can start off each day fresh and new. After all, we only have today to live. There's nothing we can do to change what has happened in the past and we cannot know everything that will happen in the future.
Be encouraged today and everyday that God is God and we're not. Be encouraged that when God is all we have left, He is all we will ever need. May today be another new day that we rise up to the cause of Christ and pick up our cross and follow Him.
Happy New Year!
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