Resolutions?
I came in to the new year with no specifically stated resolutions. To be honest I hate resolutions. How many people really follow them? I know where I am currently and where I’d like to be. Over the course of this year I hope to move closer to those goals.
I was listening to the radio on New Year’s Day. They were talking about resolutions and how if we put our focus on God all the other elements of our life will get on track. Then in church on Sunday I had one of those moments were you can hear God speaking and you look around to see if anyone else heard him. Well, my morning had been a typical church morning of running just to be late. And as I sat down I thought to myself, “why is all of this so hard? I am always running from one commitment to the next. I never have nothing to do.” Then God said—loudly—it is your own fault. You over commit to those things that are not important and then you have no time left for the important. It is the story of Mary and Martha.
As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him. She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to what he said. But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. She came to him and asked, “Lord, don’t you care that my sister has left me to do the work by myself? Tell her to help me!”
“Martha, Martha,” the Lord answered, “you are worried and upset about many things, but only one thing is needed. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her.”
So, although I don’t like New Year’s resolutions, mine this year will be to draw closer to God. I’m not sure how I’m going to do it, but I do know that the Bible says “From there you will seek the LORD your God, and you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul.”
I pray that each of you will find God this year and grow close to Him. Share with all of us how you praise and worship Him. Tell us what He has done in your life that we may all give Him thanks.
I look forward to hearing from you and getting to know you.
Jessie
