It seems I can hear a collective sigh of relief today. So
many have suffered through so much this past year and are looking forward to a
fresh start this year. Others are planning significant changes in their lives
as they try to improve themselves physically. Today, the last day of the year,
it seems to many that the opportunities and possibilities are endless. However,
as I’ve reflected on this last day of the year, I have thought more and more
about how it is just like any other day, a day of possibilities and a day of
redemption. While so many use the first day of the new year to make changes and
improve themselves, our God, our all-merciful and loving God, gives us a new
start each day, each day. How great is that? If we are His children (I John
5:2, Gal 3:27) , each day we get a chance to do it better! Seriously! “I, even I, am He who
blots out your transgressions for My own sake; and I will not remember your
sins” Isaiah 43:25. It can’t get any better than this! As I reflect on this
past year, I hold onto regrets- missed opportunities, times when I failed my
Lord and my family, times when I should have, but didn’t and times when I did
and shouldn’t have. As I look forward to this year and reflect on the last,
make plans for the future, how can I not include a plan to be more perfect for
my Father who is so merciful to me? I cannot forget my sins, and probably that
is a good thing, but the comfort in knowing that my Father doesn’t hold it
against me as I beg for His mercy and forgiveness, He casts those sins behind
Him a forgets…really forgets, is perfect
peace. It allows me to move forward and leaving the horrible weight of my
embarrassment and shame behind me. It is the best weight-loss plan I know.
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