So I was reading in Luke today, and got convicted. Funny thing about that darn Bible, it tends to do that to me from time to time (namely any time I open its cover.) The Pharasees were asking Jesus why he was eating with the sinners and tax collecters. Jesus eloquently responded: "It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance."
Gosh how many times do I expect the kids I work with to be perfect, or not misbehave so much! Look past the kids and move on to my friends or my wife...the bar gets higher. (Shame on me.)
On to the New Year's Resolution...(my official one) is to read the bible through in one year! I'm using the online one at crosswalk.com to get the references, then read it in my bible. I find it better to read the word on paper rather than a computer screen.
My other res is to do an average of 25 pushups and situps each day.
Here's an unofficial toast (with a non-alcoholic sparkly grapejuice, of course) to New Year's Resolutions, and the God that will make it possible for us to fulfill them.
To him be the glory, now and forever. make this year a meaningful one, and when I say that it is my hope that the meaning be found in a deeper, more intimate relationship with your creator. speaking of which, a random closing thought. The other day I was walking to work and decided to pray for everyone I came across on that walk. It wasn't *too* bad right away (read:the first five mins) but started to become overwhelming. Even early in the A.m. in a small mountain town, there are a lot of people to pray for! Houses filled with people that I've never met, scraggly concho drivers, etc. I got to thinking (dangerous habit, by the way) that God knows each of these people in a way that is more intimate than I will ever know my wife. Amazing! Praise God for his power...hey I'm glad he's the one in charge, not me...though I do try to usurp his authority from time to time (read:too many times in a day to count.)
good night all, happy new year.
feel free to post comments sharing any new year's res or how you spent your new years eve and day!
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My New Years Resolution was not to cut my hair for an entire year as well. That's in the bible too! The book of Samson!!
I spent new years eve playing Trivial pursuit with friends from highschool. People who hated me then and love me know, be cause we are christian adults.
I spentt my new years eve playing Trivial Pursuit and made a resolution not to cut my hair until 2007.
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