Four more days and 2007 will fade in history while 2008 dawns upon us. During these next few days, you will undoubtedly read many top-ten lists of the best and worst of 2007 in many different areas such as movies, newsworthy events, books, et cetera. During this time of worldwide reflection, many people look back at their life experience during the previous year and take stock of it. Mistakes and wrong detours are chewed upon while resolutions are passed to do better: eat better, exercise better, recycle better, pray better, make better decisions.
We live in a material world where we consume and dispose of things at an amazing rate. Almost everything seems disposable these days, and sometimes I think that mentality has unwittingly bled into our perception of time. 2007 right now seems dull, used and not so shiny anymore. 2008 is that new, exciting trinket that we’re going to get very soon, and when we get it, 2007 is going straight to the dustbin.
During this time when we’re reflecting on the year(s) gone past, I don’t think we should be so quick in throwing it away. Everything that has happened this year–good or bad or absolutely terrible–has been for our benefit. Like it or not, you grew as a person during 2007 through your experiences. “The good I can see,” you might be saying, “but how can you say that about the bad and the terrible?”
It has been said that without the bad, we wouldn’t be able to appreciate the good when it comes by. For example, we’ve all made boneheaded decisions in 2007, but the beauty of making bad decisions is that we get to learn from them. The key is learning from them and keeping that lesson stuck in our heads as we come to a new year. So, instead of throwing away 2007 in the dustbin when we get to 2008, let’s make room for it and set it on a shelf along with the other years we’ve experienced. This way we’ll get to look up and remember when we see it, rather than forget it completely.
God is a God of infinite second-chances and the arrival of the new year is one of the many opportunities He gives us. It is a wonderful time when we get to pick ourselves up from the ground, dust ourselves off, take each other’s hands and march onward.
A new year is dawning. Welcome, 2008.
From all of us at Calvary, we wish you a safe and a happy, blessed New Year!
-Matt
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Don’t Throw Away 2007
December 27, 2007
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Four more days and 2007 will fade in history while 2008 dawns upon us. During these next few days, you will undoubtedly read many top-ten lists of the best and worst of 2007 in many different areas such as movies, newsworthy events, books, et cetera. During this time of worldwide reflection, many people look back at their life experience during the previous year and take stock of it. Mistakes and wrong detours are chewed upon while resolutions are passed to do better: eat better, exercise better, recycle better, pray better, make better decisions.
We live in a material world where we consume and dispose of things at an amazing rate. Almost everything seems disposable these days, and sometimes I think that mentality has unwittingly bled into our perception of time. 2007 right now seems dull, used and not so shiny anymore. 2008 is that new, exciting trinket that we’re going to get very soon, and when we get it, 2007 is going straight to the dustbin.
During this time when we’re reflecting on the year(s) gone past, I don’t think we should be so quick in throwing it away. Everything that has happened this year–good or bad or absolutely terrible–has been for our benefit. Like it or not, you grew as a person during 2007 through your experiences. “The good I can see,” you might be saying, “but how can you say that about the bad and the terrible?”
It has been said that without the bad, we wouldn’t be able to appreciate the good when it comes by. For example, we’ve all made boneheaded decisions in 2007, but the beauty of making bad decisions is that we get to learn from them. The key is learning from them and keeping that lesson stuck in our heads as we come to a new year. So, instead of throwing away 2007 in the dustbin when we get to 2008, let’s make room for it and set it on a shelf along with the other years we’ve experienced. This way we’ll get to look up and remember when we see it, rather than forget it completely.
God is a God of infinite second-chances and the arrival of the new year is one of the many opportunities He gives us. It is a wonderful time when we get to pick ourselves up from the ground, dust ourselves off, take each other’s hands and march onward.
A new year is dawning. Welcome, 2008.
From all of us at Calvary, we wish you a safe and a happy, blessed New Year!
-Matt
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