I wanted to start my first entry of the new year with something profound, especially after meeting the Risen Lord in such a powerful way on my vacation in Bali. However, after I read the January 1st devotion in "God Calling" by AJ Russell I knew I just needed to share it. It just says it better than I could. So here is most of what is written:
BETWEEN THE YEARS
Our Lord and our God. We joy in Thee. Without Thy
Help we could not face unafraid the year before us.
I stand between the years. The Light of My Presence is flung across the year to come-the radiance of the Sun of Righteousness. Backward, over the past year, is My Shadow thrown, hiding trouble and sorrow and disappointment.
Dwell not on the past-only on the present. Only use the past as the trees use My Sunlight to absorb it, to make from it in after days the warming fire-rays. So store only the blessings from Me, the Light of the World.....
Bury every fear of the future, ....Bury all thought of ....your sense of failure, your disappointment in others and in yourselves,.....and let us leave them all, buried, and go forward to a new and risen life.
Remember that you must not see as the world sees. I hold the year in My hands-in trust for you. But I shall guide you one day at a time.
Leave the rest with Me. You must not anticipate the gift by fears or thoughts of the days ahead.
And for each day I shall supply the wisdom and the strength.
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