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In 2022

             In him we were also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will, (Ephesians 1:11)

 His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. (II Peter 1:3)

And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. (Romans 8:28)

 

          We are coming down to crunch time. Four days from now, 2022 begins. Yesterday, I worked some more on my signs. I decided I couldn’t just change 2021 to 2022 on last year’s New Year’s sign, so after deliberation, here’s what I came up with…

In 2022

Be True

          It pulls together now with what I’ve been writing about for the past couple of months, at least. Is God real? Is He our Father? Is Jesus our Lord? Do we believe what Scripture teaches us, or are we just pretending? Are we going to trust Him and His love for us, or not? Will we be true to what we claim to be true? Are we going to love Him with all our hearts, souls, minds, and strengths?

          There are two more sets of questions we need to ask. Are we going to love our neighbors as ourselves? Are we going to pray for them? Serve them?

          Are we going to love ourselves? The past two years for me have been a start on learning to be a better steward of some of the parts of my life. It’s been about getting a little more serious about being a responsible adult.

          I’m still struggling with the specific goals I hope to reach because of the unbelief I wrote about yesterday. I’m afraid to say the words that will commit me to a course of action, in case I’m wrong…in case I fail. But all that says is that I’m not really believing today’s verses. I will take that step, fear or no.

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