Cleans Slates and Fresh Cement…
January 11, 2012A new year is upon us…
- A clean slate on which to write
- Fresh cement in which to leave our footprints
- New days to live in that no one has ever lived in before
There has to be “a forgetting that which is behind” and a “moving toward that which is ahead” mentality. Every new day is a day reborn. Sometimes when we see a whole new year facing us we struggle to get the full impact of that concept.
This year you will write history. As you write history, with your unique personality, a whole new chapter will be written. Many may read it or few may read it…it all depends.
Churches also have personalities and they, too, will write their own chapters. They are the corporate personality of all the parts. Whatever we are together this year is what our church will be, nothing more, and nothing less.
What will our lives say this year? What do you want to write in the fresh cement of 2012 that will harden for all men to read? What will our church write? Will the world care? Will it matter?
I always love starting a new year, but I’ve had to get in the right mind set to make this year a great year. I have to keep reminding myself that God knows what’s ahead and everything happens in his time, not mine. I also have to remember that my outward appearance(not physical appearance) shows what God is doing on the inside. I want 2012 to make history for not only myself, but my family as well.