Endings & Beginnings
In just a few days the last hours and minutes of this year will give birth to a new year. We’ve been here before, haven’t we? We wonder where the past year went. We ponder why our resolutions didn’t last past February. We think how everyone else can look a year older but we look the same. We look at grown up children and it seems that just yesterday they were small children.
The passing of time can be distressing, as we consider the things are are left undone in our own lives. Proverbs 20:4 reflects on the person who only thinks about what he should do, but never makes an effort. “A sluggard does not plow in season; so at harvest time he looks but finds nothing.” In truth, we can look for new results in our lives but those results are not going to be there without new efforts.
As we end a year, we consider where we’ve been, what we’ve done, and how we’ve grown. As we begin a new year we recognize the innate opportunities that are placed before us by a patient and loving Father. A key question might be stated this way: What do you intend to do differently this year than you did last year?
Franklin Jones said, “Time is a versatile performer. It flies, marches on, heals all wounds, runs out and will tell.” A whole new year is before you. In what ways could you allow God to work through your life to bring more of his glory to those around you? Pray about that. We are in a time of endings and beginnings. Use your time wisely!
John Dobbs
