In a few short hours, we will be heralding a new year: 2010. People will be struggling with their New Year's resolutions, soon to be forgotten or thrown aside. The new year always arrives in the dead of winter, when everything around us is lifeless.
Winter is a time when nature takes a break--growth stops and plants and trees enjoy a respite from producing leaves and blossoms. They "die" for a season so that they can be revived in the springtime, when the rains offer refreshment and renewal.
Our lives also have the opportunity to be refreshed and renewed, through the power of Jesus Christ. We can "die" for a season, asking Jesus to take away that which is old and corrupt and creating in us a new heart--a heart that longs for refreshment and renewal.
It's a choice that each of us must make on our own, choosing to live a life that brings glory to God and doing those things that please Him. The first step is to ask Jesus Christ into our lives.
"By the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life." (Romans 5:18)
1 comment:
Woah, that one line really hit home:
"[Vegetation] must die for a reason - so it can come back and bloom again."
Sounds so much like Jesus, doesn't it?
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