Dear Friends
I wonder what New Year resolutions you have made? Even if you don’t consciously do that sort of thing it is difficult not to carry at least some desire within us for a NEW year—a different year—a more fulfilling year—a less stressful year etc.
I have been reflecting on the New Testament reading that we read on Christmas Day—a letter from Paul addressed to a person by the name of Titus. There is something in it that I find inviting to live into. It carries within it a vision of a way of life that promises to make 2009 truly NEW in the meaningfulness of that word. Listen:
God’s readiness to give and forgive is now public. Salvation’s available for everyone! We’re being shown how to turn our backs on a godless, indulgent life, and how to take on a God-filled, God-honouring life. This new life is starting right now, and is whetting our appetites for the glorious day when our great God and Saviour, Jesus Christ, appears. He offered himself as a sacrifice to free us from a dark, rebellious life into this good, pure life, making us a people he can be proud of, energetic in goodness. [Titus 2:11-14—The Message]
Basic Instinct the movie Darby O’Gill and the Little People download
May we be a people Jesus can be proud of, energetic in goodness—Alan Barbie in the 12 Dancing Princesses rip Husbands and Lovers dvd
