Hope for tomorrow

Solomon, Moshe an emotional Joyce and Liz ... a Joyce's retirement party

28 December 2010.

Lamentations 3:22-24 The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases, his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is thy faithfulness. "The LORD is my portion," says my soul, "therefore I will hope in him."

During this period between Christmas and New Year it is a time to sit and meditate about the year that has passed and think and plan for the year ahead. This is the time we bring out the new desk pads, calendars and the beauty of this is that these are blank. We then have the opportunity of making our marks on it, putting our plans together and so start a new year with a new attitude. New Year resolutions are one thing, attitude towards them another.

Looking back on the past year, most of us will say this has been a difficult year in many ways, with changes that have been problematic and challenging. For some these changes were brought about through circumstances or other people impacting on us, and over which we may have had little control. There has been those times where we trusted where we should not have, and doubted when we should have trusted, times of anger, times of joy. The lesson of the past needs to be learnt and remembered, and so in this way influence the New Year in a positive way. We need to have hope, a hope that this coming year is filled with potential, hope that this year will be better than the last, a hope that Christ will come and bring order to the chaos of this world. A hope that Christ will bring peace into our hearts, our homes, our lives, our work.

Be encouraged to start the New Year with hope and a positive attitude.

  

David

Point to ponder: God is in all our tomorrows.

Question to consider: Are you positive about the New Year?

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