I also just returned from Tennessee where I had some valuable rest time and great visits with my Mom and my children and grandchildren, even getting to be there when my newest grand-child, Chloe JoAnn came into the world. She was 7lbs 2oz and 19 inches long. I only wish I had a picture to share with you. That will come later from my son-in-law.
As I thought about Chloe JoAnn and as I thought about today's message from Genesis, I realized that the whole world is new to her. What challenges will she face? What opportunities will she experience? What will she see in her first years of life as a new person in the world?
For most of us though the road has been long and we have seen and experienced many things already. The question is, what will we do with the opportunities that are before us? What will our world be like this year? What will I do to make it a better place?
Tom Scholz of Boston fame once wrote a song entitled, "Don't Look Back."
Don't look back
a new day is breakin'
it's been too long since I felt this way
I don't mind where I get taken
the road is callin'
today is the day!
So, what opportunities are before you right now? What new things will you accomplish in 2007? As I think about this new year, I realized that we are facing the year with a new congress and a whole new political world is opening up. Is it going to be for the better or for worse? What will happen now that a dictator has been executed?
Perhaps the real question is this, what will the world look like in 2008 because I have been here in 2007?
When God created the world, God began with the creation of light, and from light, life began. As we begin a whole new year together, I pray that you will choose to live in the light that God has already given to you as those who look forward, rather than huddling in the darkness of useless misery.
The story of Christmas is of God's sending a whole new light into the world - the light of God in Jesus Christ. Today, each of us has an opportunity to start over - to begin again in the light of life.
a new day is breakin'
it's been too long since I felt this way
I don't mind where I get taken
the road is callin'
today is the day!
So, what opportunities are before you right now? What new things will you accomplish in 2007? As I think about this new year, I realized that we are facing the year with a new congress and a whole new political world is opening up. Is it going to be for the better or for worse? What will happen now that a dictator has been executed?
Perhaps the real question is this, what will the world look like in 2008 because I have been here in 2007?
When God created the world, God began with the creation of light, and from light, life began. As we begin a whole new year together, I pray that you will choose to live in the light that God has already given to you as those who look forward, rather than huddling in the darkness of useless misery.
The story of Christmas is of God's sending a whole new light into the world - the light of God in Jesus Christ. Today, each of us has an opportunity to start over - to begin again in the light of life.
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