Starting over again
So here we are…another year gone…a new begun.
How do you feel as you look back over the past year? You may be satisfied with how life has been. You may have regrets. It is always a good feeling to be able to start afresh and move forward. We look forward in the hope it will be a good year.
Christ also looked forward to better things.
Because of the joy awaiting him, he endured the cross, disregarding its shame.
(Hebrews 12:2 NLT).
How humbling to realise that he put up with the pain and the shame, because he knew the joy it would bring; that he would be with his Father and we would be given the hope of new life – starting over again.
When we commit our lives to Christ, we “bury’ our old life and start afresh.
Paul describes how we live this life in his letter to the Colossians. Why not start the new year by reading about it?