Connecting the Christmas/Advent Season to the New Year!
For weeks we've planned, shopped, decorated, and prepared for the Christmas Holiday, and it has quickly come and gone. A new year will soon be upon us... a blank slate, with a fresh start.
We love celebrating Jesus' birth at the Christmas Season, but I'm glad He fulfilled His purpose for coming to earth in adulthood - to give us life to the fullest. [John 10:10b]
We love celebrating Jesus' birth at the Christmas Season, but I'm glad He fulfilled His purpose for coming to earth in adulthood - to give us life to the fullest. [John 10:10b]
I missed church this morning due to a flu virus. Not feeling too perky I wondered what I'd write today. And then I opened my Bible, and found the notes I had written from last year's post-Christmas sermon. [I love God's faithfulness, don't you?!]
The sermon was about endings and beginnings, and not allowing the past to rob us of the present. "Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past." [Isaiah 43: vs. 18]
He has promised to be with us in the highs and lows of the new year.
"...Fear not, for I have redeemed you;
I have summoned you by name; you are mine.
When you pass through the waters,
I will be with you;
and when you pass through the rivers,
they will not sweep over you.
When you walk through the fire,
you will not be burned;
for the flames will not set you ablaze.
For I am the Lord, your God,
the Holy One of Israel, your Savior..."
[Isaiah 43: 1-3 NIV]
May God Bless your week, and give you joy and peace in the New Year!
May God Bless your week, and give you joy and peace in the New Year!
Another of my favorite verses! Thank you for this post - and I hope you feel much better soon.
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ReplyDeleteGreat post and so true.
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