New Year's Resolutions

Greetings!!!

Are you one that makes a New Year resolution? How long into the year will it be before you give up on that resolution? Why do you think so many people make New Year resolutions? Having thought about this for a good part of this week, I believe that New Year resolutions are made because people hope to have a better year than the one that just past. Over and over again, God's word kept echoing the only solution to a better year.

Jeremiah 29:11-14 'For I know the plans that I have for you,' declares the LORD, 'plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope. Then you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart. And I will be found by you,' declares the LORD, 'and I will restore your fortunes and will gather you from all the nations and from all the places where I have driven you,' declares the LORD, 'and I will bring you back to the place from where I sent you into exile.'

Have you felt like 2009 brought you to a place of exile? Are you in a place where things seem unreal, a place of loss, a place of sorrow, or a place of bondage? It does not really matter what God's plans are for you if you do not seek Him with all your heart. If you do not search desperately for Him to meet your need, you will only know your plans and not God's plans for you. You may have good and wonderful plans. You may even be asking God to bless your plans, but "Unless the LORD builds the house, They labor in vain who build it; Unless the LORD guards the city, The watchman keeps awake in vain. It is vain for you to rise up early, To retire late, To eat the bread of painful labors; For He gives to His beloved even in his sleep." Psalm 127:1-2 Are you tired of doing things your own way and not getting the results that you desire? Here is a New Year resolution that will give wonderful, successful results: spend time every day reading the Bible, praying, and then being quiet before the Lord. Start simply. Commit ten minutes to the Lord--five minutes of reading the Bible, three minutes of prayer, and two minutes of quiet listening. As the Lord prompts increase the time, but commit some time every day. I guarantee that if you do this, you will be pleased with the results by the end of 2010.

The LORD bless you with hunger and thirst to know Him, His word and His plans for your life.

I love you,

Ruth