2010

Do you remember, ten years ago, we were getting all worked up in a froth about whether or not our computer age technology was going to turn on us and turn out the lights? People were storing up water and candles and canned food because rumor was the computers of the world wouldn’t understand the millennium change and would simply throw every bit, or should I say byte, of memory away wanting to start all over again thinking it was the year 1900 instead of the year 2000. The problem was a reality, but behind the scenes, the problem had already been solved. Yes, some companies were cutting the deadline a little close updating computers and mainframes, but we were assured the lights were not going out and sure enough, they didn’t. We look back to see how foolish we were to listen to such rumors, yet they were of great concern and very real to some. We now stand on the threshold of 2010 with a whole new set of rumors and fears to deal with and all the while, we’re looking at the year 2020 with skepticism and wonder. It’s time to make new promises to ourselves concerning what we will and will not do throughout this next year. We often seem to renew several failed promises from the year before to give them one more try, and there’s nothing wrong with that. All the promises we make to our self and to others, of course leans toward improvement in ones self and our relationships with others, these being normal and noble thoughts of growing more mature. I pray for your successes in 2010 and look forward to sharing more of the ups and downs in life as an encouragement to you as we travel “On The Road To Forever” together. We’re not getting any younger, but hopefully a lot wiser.
A man was exploring caves by the seashore. In one of the cave’s he found a canvas bag filled with hardened clay balls. It was as if someone had rolled clay into balls and baked them in the sun. They didn’t look like much, but the man took the bag out of the cave with him. As he strolled along the beach, he would throw the clay balls one at a time as far out into the water as possible. He thought little about it until one of the clay balls dropped to the ground and cracked open. Inside the man found a beautiful, precious stone. Excited with his find, the man began breaking the remaining balls finding that each contained a precious stone. He found thousands of dollars in the ten or so clay balls he had left, and then it struck him. He had probably thrown fifty or sixty balls into the ocean. Instead of thousands of dollars, he could have taken home tens of thousands of dollars, but for the lack of investigation, he had just thrown it away.
[Psalm 19] In 2010, is there room among the renewal of your mind and body to renew your spirit also? We are of the earth and to the earth we will return one day. Within our earthen clay vessel, there is a precious soul given by God, which will return to God for judgment one day. How many precious souls do you figure were thrown into hell last year? God’s Word can bring every precious soul out of the clay. I’ve never seen a person truly change for the better without first changing on the inside, spiritually. With God’s Word in my heart and doing God’s Will daily, though I am growing old and wasting away, I am renewed inwardly day by day. (2 Corinthians 4:16) Look to God’s Word for ways to keep on improving and growing in Christ. Each new year should be met with some spiritual resolutions. Be of good cheer. Have a happy spiritual New Year.