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Begin Again New!

2009 is over and done with. There is nothing we can do to get it back. There may have been things that happened in 2009 that you are not please with, but if you ask God to forgive you, and if you are willing to start over again, you can have a clean slate with God beginning in 2010. God give us opportunities to recreate our lives. God has great plans for our future, and we might miss them if we sit around worrying about our past.

We punish ourselves with quilt, shame, and fear when we choose not to act on the opportunities that He gives us.

The most difficult challenge we face everyday is learning to live what we believe. We don’t always act like we are representatives of God. We need to remind ourselves daily that we are equipped to handle anything that comes our way.

God is NOT interested in our past mistakes. He is more interested in our future successes. We are NOT disqualified.

Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is a head, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.

Philippians 3:13 NIV.

I would like to highlight “10” things I want to do more of in 2010. I’m interested in hearing what you are planning on doing more of in the coming New Year! Feel free to add to or comment on the list.

1. Obedient – Listen to God when He speaks to me.

2. Simplicity – Keep life simple, God is not complicated.

3. Fearless - “Fear corrodes our confidence in God’s goodness” (Max Lucado).

4. Service - Give self (time, knowledge, resources) without an attachment to the expectation of reward or recognition – (unselfish giving).

5. Order – Clean out and reorder my surroundings – If we don’t have order or space in our lives, there is little room for what God will to unfold.

6. Choice - Opportunity to recreate our lives – Choice is the ability to recognize alternatives which is most desirable, admirable, and honorable.

7. Trust – God provides all things.

8. Peacefulness – Maintain a state of peace.

9. Awareness – Be more aware of the impact I have on others and the world.

10. Love – Do All Things in LOVE!

 

» left by Teresa^(1,654) (2 years 22 days ago.)

Hi Audrey, great list! I want the same. I love what you said, "God is not interested in our past mistakes" Amen to that!!! Thanks for the encouraging words. Teresa

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» left by Anne Linington from UK (2 years 20 days ago.)

Thanks for sharing your hopes for this year. I sense many people are seeing 2010 as a year of fresh opportunity which I have tried to sum up in my poem "An open door". Every blessing.

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» left by Audrey (2 years 19 days ago.)

 Thank you! I would like to read your poem. Where can I find your poem "An open door"?

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» left by Teresa (2 years 16 days ago.)

Hi Audrey,

 

Go to Anne's article listing and you can find it there.  You can get to her list by clicking on her name where it is highlighted in blue on her article that is currently on the front page.

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