Finishing Well

So we've reached the end of another year and in a couple of days face a new one.  When we stood on this spot 362 days ago, we looked ahead to what the Lord was going to teach us in the coming year and we anticipated the many ways we were going to see Him at work in our lives.  Perhaps you said, "By the end of 2011 I will discover that God has wondrous things for me which I would never
have known or experienced had I not accepted the challenge that changes inevitably bring."  Today, as you look back over the past weeks and months, what do you see?  How have His grace and His love and His joy touched your life?  When I personally began this year, I journaled about finishing well.  The reality is, of course, that we are not finished.  The race is not over.  Our lives are still being perfected.  We need much more of the Master's touch in our lives (in my life).  "Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which does so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith."  (Hebrews 12:1-2)

Comments

[Mike]

Life is easy when I remember God is a whole lot bigger than my sin and the stress of the moment.
The grace and patience he gives me must be given to his whole creation. My pride and earthly desires must be broken. I must love and trust God's protection. There is a plan for me and I don't get to choose the paths if I believe in him.
He will peacewfully lead me where needed