It's a New Year! I love new beginnings and clean slates and fresh starts. As I've spent time in prayer about my goals and aspirations for this new year, I believe God brought two thoughts to my mind. The first is that this is to be "a year to remember." But in order for 2007 to be a year to remember, I must be willing to LIVE a year to remember... on purpose and with purpose. I must be willing to choose life... to step out of my comfort zone... to create opportunities for God to move in ways that will be unmistakenly Him and not me. I am willing. Now we'll see how the year unfolds.
The second thought, was that this will be a year of preparation. I immediately began to think of Esther and how she went through a year of beauty treatments in order to be made ready to meet her King face to face. I don't know exactly what this means for me but I do believe that God is at work in each of us... offering us beauty treatments of the heart that will prepare us to go into the presence of the Lord in prayer and ultimately to meet Him face to face when He arrives to take us home. I have said I am willing Lord... again, we will see how this unfolds in the reality of everyday life.
Willl you join me with a willing heart to say, "Lord, I am willing. I pray this new year unfolds in such a way that I will make choices that will enable me to live the full and abundant life Jesus came to give me and, at the same time, prepare my heart to meet my King and Bridegroom face to face. Amen"
