New Beginnings Make New Endings

“No one can go back and start a new beginning, but everyone can start today and make a new ending.” The author of this phrase is unknown, but it’s a wonderful place for us to begin in this new year. We can’t start over, but we can begin right where we are, making things better in our lives.

Resolutions are wonderful, but unfortunately, they’re not effective. As Christians, it’s more than saying we will do this and won’t do something else. The new year is more about asking the Lord to help us each day, to fall deeper and deeper in love with Christ. We need to focus on heavenly things and not earthly stuff.

Do you want a new ending this year? How do you want the ending of your life to be? If you’re not a Christian, please know that this can be the best year of your life. Your life can be filled with faith, hope and love. To know what the ending will be is an extra bonus. Resolutions may or may not be accomplished, but when you believe in Jesus, your life will turn around.

If your life with Christ is stagnant, then it’s time to rekindle that relationship. Jesus calls us to Himself and says, “Come away, my beloved.” Jesus is tugging at your heart. The real ending in our life will be when Jesus says, “Well done, my good and faithful servant.” That statement will be for someone who took the time to get to know Him, love Him and obediently followed Him.

II Corinthians 5:17 – “If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation.”

By the Rev. Tommy Herndon

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