Ahhh....yes. It is here. The New Year has arrived as it has for a million times before. The famous ball drops and all of a sudden we are happy, hopeful, and anxious about the changes this simple calendar flip is going to make in our lives. But in reality it is simply a flip...a turned page... for that piece of paper, nothing more. Are we just changing like the years? Are we just living, breathing calendars that flip from date to the next without any respect to our internal or external selves?
Perhaps, you're wondering what's the point? Who really cares as long as there's another year added to your life? Maybe you are content because it is 'better to be vertical than horizontal'. Our independence has created a new subculture of hermit crabs...people who rarely have to deal with other people. We can bank online; shop online; play games online...etc. In other words, there are people who spend hours in a house or business with other people and never speak to them other than an occasional 'hello' or 'goodbye'. In addition there are "dating" websites where individuals become couples and all the while they never see each other and actually meeting or real-time dating is a near impossibility. Relationships...Time....
Just as relationships with other humans is difficult unless we are intentional and persistent, a relationship with our Heavenly Father requires the same motivation and tenacity. As this year moves on, let us not get to December just a year older. Let's make this year count and make sure we are working on all of our Divine relationship so you will not only be a year older, but have a new best friend as well.
Perhaps, you're wondering what's the point? Who really cares as long as there's another year added to your life? Maybe you are content because it is 'better to be vertical than horizontal'. Our independence has created a new subculture of hermit crabs...people who rarely have to deal with other people. We can bank online; shop online; play games online...etc. In other words, there are people who spend hours in a house or business with other people and never speak to them other than an occasional 'hello' or 'goodbye'. In addition there are "dating" websites where individuals become couples and all the while they never see each other and actually meeting or real-time dating is a near impossibility. Relationships...Time....
Just as relationships with other humans is difficult unless we are intentional and persistent, a relationship with our Heavenly Father requires the same motivation and tenacity. As this year moves on, let us not get to December just a year older. Let's make this year count and make sure we are working on all of our Divine relationship so you will not only be a year older, but have a new best friend as well.
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