The New Year

Happy New Year we say and then we try and think of things that we should establish in our lives. For some it feels like a butterfly coming from their cocoon stepping into a new world. As a Christian who has God's mercies new every morning and His Spirit residing within us everyday should be a day of starting something new. Everyday we should be closer to Jesus than ever before because our hearts are filled with more of His love than the day before. I wonder what would happen if we told people who do not know Jesus that the new thing they are looking for is a relationship that will fulfill all their emptiness if they want it. I wonder what would happen if we Christians really lived the gospel we say we live by. I was reading about Elijah today and I want each new day this year be such that I can say I who stand in the presence of God lives.