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About this time of year, we may spend lots of time
living in the past, regretting things we’ve done or not done during the
past year. Sometimes, it seems like a vacuum is trying to suck us back
into the past and prevent us from moving on.
We replay
scenes over again in our minds, as if that will somehow erase them.
Others of us replay happy scenes from the past, so that we do not have
to face the present, which may be more painful. Either way, it is a
waste of time and energy, because we can never go back.
I heard a preacher say that God designed us to live
in 24-hour packets of time. Every day is supposed to be a fresh start.
That is encouraging, because each day we get to try again.
The beginning of a new year gives another reason to
try again. For this to happen, we have to say good bye to 2010 and put
our hopes, prayers and efforts toward the new year of 2011. At first,
this may seem impossible. We may feel that we have messed up so much
that it cannot be fixed, but this is not true.
Sir William Oursler said, “Shut out all of your
past except that which will help you weather your tomorrows.”
Keep in mind verses from Isaiah. The first is
Isaiah 43:18-19: “Forget what happened before. Do not think about the
past. Look at the new thing I am going to do. It is already happening.”
The second verse is Isaiah 65:17. “All the earlier troubles, chaos and
pain are things of the past, to be forgotten. Look ahead with joy.
Anticipate what I am creating.”
The Calhoun Chronicle staff wishes you a blessed
New Year!
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Publisher Helen Morris is now recuperating from
knee surgery with her children, and is doing very well
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