We are on the
threshold of another new year. Do you see 2017 as a new beginning... true it
can be a new beginning, but changing the calendar is no guarantee that
life/circumstances will change. Let’s not put too many expectations on the new
year being the "fix" for our happiness or lack thereof!
The bad news… going from 2016 to 2017 is not a magic pill!
Happiness, per say, in any form is fleeting! Living a life dependent on
feelings is a setup for disappointment!
Okay, now for the good
news... Tomorrow morning, January 1, 2017 is a new beginning, but so is every
morning that your eyes open and you have air in your lungs! Lamentations 3:23says that God's mercy & compassion are new every morning. I will take a new
beginning every chance I can! In fact, some days my "new beginning"
happens in the middle of my day! I see a new beginning as any moment when I
recognize my actions or attitude are not in line with the way I know to be
right.
Being happy is a good thing, but happiness is a feeling that
fluctuates with circumstances. True joy comes from within... I know for myself,
my joy comes from the Lord! Psalms 30:5 talks of crying through the night, but
that joy comes in the morning (new beginning). And in Psalms 90:14 it says,
God's mercy satisfies us each morning that we will have joy the rest of our
lives.
So do you agree we put too much importance on the "new year
thing?" New year... New you? Why wait? Make this very moment your new
beginning! Don't expect flipping the calendar is really gonna fix anything!
I challenge you to go into this new year with an expectancy that
your life will be different! Don't make the same choices as you always have...
the definition of insanity - making the same choices & expecting a
different result. Yep... been there, done that… still do at times! Are my
circumstances perfect right now? Nope! Far from it! But you know what? I would
not give up one ounce of my joy for it to be any different! Can you say the
same? If not... I pray that over this next year you make the right decisions
for you so you can say the same at the end of next year!
Here is the place I start... Fixing my eyes on Jesus, the writer and finisher of faith, who
for the joy set before Him endured the cross for my sin, despising the shame,
and has sat down at the right hand of God’s throne. (Hebrews 12:2)
Happy "New Year!"
Rejoicing in Truth!
Carin
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