Looking Forward -- Moving from 2012 to 2013
The month of January takes it's name from the Roman god Janus, that two-faced god who looked both backwards into the past and forward into the future. Although I'm not a follower of Roman gods (I'm a Christian, thank you very much), on a day like this this image seems appropriate. If you're like me, you're looking forward to the new year. The turn of the calendar seems to offer the opportunity for a new beginning, a new start in life. I am a great believer in Paul's message of new beginnings, a vision that is summed up nicely in these words: "So if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has become new!" (2 Corinthians 5:17). The message is clear to me -- there is no need to be a prisoner of one's past. There is the possibility of something new happening.
So, I look forward to 2013. I don't know exactly how things will work out in the new year. We can make plans, but plans have a way of changing. I do know that…
So, I look forward to 2013. I don't know exactly how things will work out in the new year. We can make plans, but plans have a way of changing. I do know that…