Happy 2008, my friends and family. Prayerful proclamations of bountiful blessings will be offered in your honor this coming year as I hope the same may be reciprocated on my behalf. Many of us looking to the new year offer up resolutions aimed at bettering ourselves or achieving a goal chosen to correct habitual fallacies from years past. We resolve to be more spiritual; read our Bible, go to a church regularly, pray continually, and maybe, make disciples. We resolve to be more fit; lose a pound a week, exercise constantly, and eat less like an American. We resolve to be more wise; better grades, studious devotion to books, less television and (God forbid) video games. We resolve to be rich; save more than we spend, spend less than we want, and want only what we need. But our resolves will dissolve the way of fads, diets, and yesterday’s technologies because in this life we are sinners, born and bred.
This year, I resolve to be resolute—characterized by determination and purposefulness. I spent 2007 wishing it was more like 2006 and giving up on the things I ought to do only because I didn’t want to believe others cared. Nobody reads these thoughts, so why write them? No one shows up when you recruit, so why speak to strangers? No one cares about your devotionals so why teach? No one wants one-on-one discipleship so why not do as the “Christians” do and call congregating “church?” A favorite hymn of mine includes this verse, “Though none go with me, still I will follow… no turning back, no turning back.”
I resolve to be resolute whether others want to be or not. I will follow Jesus this year. How about you?
Monday, January 14, 2008
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