2010

Well, this last year was one of the hardest I’ve had in my life.  It’s also been one of the sweetest spiritually (those always seem to go together).  For the many who don’t know I lost my father and also had a significant job/ministry change, getting used to being a dad plus finding out we have a 2nd on the way, dealt with anxiety like I haven’t before…  wheew.  A lot of hard stuff and a lot of wonderful stuff, but A LOT.

It’s so easy to look to 2011 to be a ‘better’ year.  But I find myself asking ‘what is a better year’?  Is a better year one without pain? Or one with less bumps in the road?  No, I can’t say that and have the earlier blog that I do (you can read about it in an earlier post).  So my prayer for 2011 is to make each day better.  It is days that make up the year, for me approaching it with any longer view than ‘day by day’ is asking for trouble.  That’s when auto pilot can kick in and complacency (the biggest threat to American Christians in my opinion) rears it’s ugly head.  The bible commands us to take up our cross daily.  Luke 9:23

So, my hope for 2011 isn’t for an easier year, although I’m tempted often to hope for such.  My prayer is that every day I would seek God first.  Every day I would put others before me.  Every day I would look for a way to make THAT DAY COUNT.   Life is so short, loosing my father reminded me of this.  He is with Jesus and enjoying His presence for which we all have hope. But I’m also sure that if you would’ve asked him on his death bed if he was happy with every single day he lived he would’ve wished to have some back -like all of us.  And if a day slips by where I’ve failed I need to remember that a brand new one comes tomorrow.

We can’t go back in time or into the future, but we can live today.  365 chances await all of us in 2011 (unless it’s a leap year- I can never remember when those are).

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