new year, new benediction, new adventure

As the untouched days stretch out before me I’m awed by the benevolence of God in a new calendar year.

The re-centering of our lives in an annual return back to the start is perfectly parallel with His nature. He makes all things new. Redeems everything. Gives second chances. Loves unconditionally. What a great King.

In all this awe I haven’t resolved anything, but I’m praying a benediction over the next year. May it be the “year of promise” - an adventure unlike anything I’ve yet discovered.

The thought is lofty (with a rather Kenya-tastic 2006 wrapped up) but my eyes are wide-open to the possibility of 363 fresh starts approaching each morning. What are we going to do this year, God? Run a half-marathon? Provide for a child? Maybe fall in love? Learn French?

Exact details aside, I know one thing: I will embrace all the opportunities that approach me and drain the marrow out of life’s bones. After all, as Thoreau said,

“Pursue, keep up with, circle round and round your life…Know your own bone: gnaw at it, bury it, unearth it, and gnaw at it still.”

Steadily chewing in the 2nd day of ‘07,
me

Today's Soundtrack: The New Year - Death Cab for Cutie - Translanticism