A new year is just around the corner. At nearly 52, and with a fourth grandchild on the way, I want to approach the coming year with a sense of urgency. I do not want this year to be like so many others, lost as the end of the year comes to a close, having accomplished nothing for the Cause.
I hope and pray (mostly pray) that this years journey is unlike any in the past. I have lost a good friend this year (2008) to a battle with cancer. I have another friend from the past that is waging his own battle with this dreaded disease. As I get older, more friends (and myself) will fall into differing categories of illness.
I have a former student from my youth group that has claimed an alternative lifestyle, and I need to remember to love this person unconditionally and pray. I have other students from past youth groups that have clearly decided to walk apart from God. I'm guilty of that myself from time to time. I need to pray. God cares and wants to hear our pleas whether those pleas are for ourselves or for others.
I want to maintain relationships that are God ordained. I want to reach out to the lost, and to love those that others might view as unlovable (as unlovable as me). I am not looking for man's acceptance or approval, I just want to be obedient to God's word.
I do not want to be judgmental. God is fairly clear about that character flaw. I want to care first, and hopefully never think about counting the cost for doing what is right.
I want to do what Jesus would do. If I am not seeking His face in all I pursue, those pursuits will be wasted. The curtain is being drawn on this 'play' that is my life. I have no way of knowing how many more years of my 'show' are scheduled. Ten, twenty, thirty? I am not sure. What I am sure of is His love.
I am going to record my study time and my quiet time. As God answers my prayers, I'll share those victories with you. The answers may not be what I want, but I know that the answers will serve my heavenly Fathers purpose for my life.
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