PASTOR'S MESSAGE: January 2010
Dear Church-Family and Friends,
Happy New Year!!!
One of the things I like best about a brand new year is having brand new calendars. All that
clean empty space, free and open with all kinds of possibilities.
But then, soon enough, those empty spaces begin filling up: appointments, meetings,
commitments and responsibilities, along with birthdays, anniversaries and gatherings with
loved ones and friends. Before I know it, all my pages are covered with pencil and ink, and with
it, all my days and nights become spoken for. That is my life. Perhaps it is yours as well.
But right now, before all that life starts bursting forth into this new year, this is the best chance
we’re going to get to pause and make some conscious decisions about how we’re going to use our
most precious resource – our time. We can choose now, before anything else, our top priorities,
and we can choose to make certain commitments to ourselves and to God. Right now is our very
best opportunity to be deliberate about setting aside time for those things that are important for
our spirits, since those are the things that seem to get squeezed out of our days if we’re not
intentional about them. Today we can still mark off certain days and times just for God, to be
together with the LORD and to listen for wisdom and guidance, because if we don’t do it now,
chances are we will make other plans, or the never-ending demands of the world around us will
make plans for us and those precious moments will be gone forever.
There is a brand new year stretching out in front of us all, and while there are always those
things that are unknown and beyond our control, there are also those things that we can choose
for ourselves. So now, while the slate is clean I encourage all who are reading these words to
think about the year of our LORD 2010, and how we might best spend the minutes, hours and
days of life that the God who loves us has so graciously granted us. It is something to think
about.
May all your moments be blessed.
Pastor Rachel
