A few weeks ago a reader posted Romans 8:15 in the blog comments:
I love this Message rendition and it’s been playing on repeat in my brain since I read it.
It’s a good verse to reflect on in this in-between time. The now and not yet. You know what I mean.
- You’ve now eaten your weight in Christmas cookies, but have not yet started your diet yet.
- You’ve now stretched your credit cards, but have not yet started your new budget discipline because, HELLO! there are all the great sales going on.
- You’ve now opened your presents, but the tree is still up and you have not yet cleaned your house.
We’ve celebrated Christmas, but it’s not New Years yet.
It’s a great time to look backward, for God-sightings, and forward with the assurance that He is with us and has good plans for our future.
We pray along with the psalmists:
Ps. 139: 23, 24 Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me and lead me in the way everlasting.
Ps. 90: 12 Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.
In the week between Christmas and New Years we want to ask, “What’s next, Papa?” But before we ask what’s next, we need to ask where we’ve been and where we are now. Continue reading
