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01/01/2013

My Thoughts

A New Year

A National Holiday that celebrates the Now, instead of an important historical national event. Now is important, it is the cutting edge of all history where things past cannot be changed and the future is yet to be experienced.

Now is the time to take inventory of, Who you are? What is the meaning of your life? Why are you experiencing now? Where do you expect to go this year?

My experience has lead me to understand that I am a child of God, adopted into his family through the work of my Savior Jesus Christ. Who came to earth, lived and died to pay the penalty for my sins and restore me to my rightful place with God. My satisfaction, joy and meaning are found only in knowing and living this.

The meaning of my life is to enjoy my God, whose done this great work, by glorifying him every moment of my life. For I have eternal hope where those who have not been restored are eternally hopeless. Sure they hope for a good experience today and maybe tomorrow but other than their 5 senses and the fact that those will only last 70, 80 maybe 90 years, is there any hope beyond?

Now I get to rejoice in my savior, Jesus Christ. For my life is not just a beating heart of breathing lungs but it is knowing God. (Who reveals himself as Loving, Joyful, Peaceful, Patient, Good, Kind, Gentle, Faithful, and self controlled. All of these work together always engaged which is a wonderful revelation. God will never do anything out of an angry reaction because he is self controlled. God will never rush a situation because he is patient. Oh what a beautiful character God has when we see his traits acting all equally in harmony in all he does.)

I don't know where I will go this year but another promise my God has is that he will never leave me or forsake me. He will be with me through every moment and every experience, good or bad. Thinking it through I deserve the worst that would come my way, for the wages of my sin is death but God's gift is eternal life and though I struggle with a sin stained world now He promises me a life free of sin's effects when I walk through the mortal threshold and meet Him in eternity.

Love,
Dad