There was a fresh start the moment I flipped the calendar page. 2012 is over. Done. Nothing I did in the past can be undone, changed or even tweaked. The only things that carry over are the memories and the consequences.
A new year is a blank slate. It’s like opening a fresh journal. The pages are crisp and unsullied. The spine of the book hasn’t yet been cracked wide open. When inhaling, there is still that new book scent. Oh, the possibilities that await. The stories that I will live. The people I will meet. The chance to share the gospel awaits me.
I have fantasized about this next year. There are some daydreams and hopes that I entertain. Yet, I refuse to settle for my ideas. I’m very short-sighted. My vision is limited. If I want the best for 2013, then I must dedicate myself to God’s directions. He knows what He’s doing:
“I don’t think the way you think. The way you work isn’t the way I work.” God’s Decree. “For as the sky soars high above earth, so the way I work surpasses the way you work, and the way I think is beyond the way you think.” ~Isa 55:8,9
It doesn’t get any clearer than that! I choose to make the most of now. I aim to live intentionally this year. Life is too short; tomorrow is not guaranteed. All I have is today. I echo with the psalmist David, as he pleaded
God, make a fresh start in me, shape a Genesis week from the chaos of my life. Don’t throw me out with the trash, or fail to breathe holiness in me. ~Ps. 51:10, 11
