New Beginnings, New Year's, and the Closing and Opening of a Decade

READ PREVIOUS BLOG POST FIRST, PLEASE.
Please read the blog posting before this one so you know about my vacation time coming up and how if I do any blog posts between now and January 15th or so, it will be a miracle. As a matter of fact, I really don't have the time for this post, but am making the time.

CHRISTMAS
Merry Christmas again. I pray that the next ten days or so help you to remember the real reason we celebrate Christmas. It's not about money (or lack thereof), family, dinner, or anything else of the sort. It's about Jesus Christ's birth and how our lives are forever changed because of it. Period. Nothing else. It's all about HIM.

HAPPY NEW YEAR
January 1, 2010 marks the close of a decade and the opening of a new decade. It's not just a new year. It's an important landmark most of us tend to sail on by without thinking much of and that's a real tragedy and travesty. So, let's not do that this year.

A new year marks a new beginning and the close of a chapter. That's it. It's not about making resolutions we never really intend on bringing to pass.

A new year is the time to close up old stuff that happened long ago and we can't change.

A new year is about starting over and starting anew or afresh where we can learn from our mistakes and our successes.

A new year should be about remembering that which worked and that which didn't.

A new year is about trying new things. It's about making this year better than the last. Or, in this case, the next decade better than the last.

Enjoy the new year. MAKE it whatever you so choose. Just, make sure it holds a time to remember the past and a time to plan for the future to have more joy the next year.

Happy New Year and New Decade, everyone. God bless.

By Stacy Duplease
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