Happy 2009. I say that without the exclamation as the New Year does not feel as happy as it once did. You see the Bible tells us that “the length of our days is seventy years” or 80 if we’re strong. That means I’m on the downhill slide now and therefore instead of counting down to the joyous New Year, I’m counting down to the day I have to leave West Point, my daughters leave home, I leave the Army, and finally I take my leave of this earth. But that just means I need a change in perception, a new look on a new year, and a verse to remember throughout this year of our Lord, 2009.
Every year I select one verse as my “theme” for the following year to remind myself to stay focused on what the Lord has taught me the previous year. This year the verse is 2Corinthians 3.6, “He has made us competent as ministers of a new covenant—not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.” The New Covenant has been a revelation to me these past few years but 2008 was the year I started competently putting it into action in my own life. 2009 will be the year I remember what He has made me as I try to make disciples of our Lord and Savior.
“Youth is when you're allowed to stay up late on New Year's Eve. Middle age is when you're forced to.” ~Bill Vaughn
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