Happy New Year

Well, another year is gone. They seem to be going by a little faster now.

I no longer make New Year's Resolutions. I rarely kept them when I did.

There is one resolution that I am going to make. It is not a yearly one, but a daily one. I want to purpose in my heart to be a follower of Christ Jesus. To be a 'doer' of His word and not a 'hearer' only.

I want to be resolved in my heart to be a more focused Christian (Hebrews 12:1-2).

Life doesn't last long. I'm starting to see that more clearly as the years begin to pass more quickly. I don't want to continue wasting the time that I have been allotted. What comes after this is a vast and unmeasurable eternity. I would like for my brief time here to be more than just a blip on the radar screen.

I want for people to know the love of God in Christ Jesus because of how I obeyed. Not just a fond memory of a funny fat guy.


As a father shows compassion to his children, so the LORD shows compassion to those who fear him.

For he knows our frame; he remembers that we are dust.

As for man, his days are like grass; he flourishes like a flower of the field;

for the wind passes over it, and it is gone, and its place knows it no more.

But the steadfast love of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear him, and his righteousness to children's children,

to those who keep his covenant and remember to do his commandments.

Psalm 103:13-18