- Come on, admit it....those New Year's resolutions are long forgotten.....you went to the gym the first two weeks, you picked the milkshakes back up and you starting smoking again. When we find ourselves in situations where we fail to be all that God calls us to be, or all that we desire for ourselves, God offers us forgiveness. What if we were to tenderly show mercy and grace to ourselves and to each other each time we failed to live up to our resolutions of who we should be and what we should do? Ultimately, God calls us to live healthy and whole lives because this life is God's gift to us.
What other gift could one imagine giving God? They could think of giving nothing but the best. Should we not do the same? What if God's gift to us is this life and what if this life is the very gift we give back to God? What better gift could we give? And so we are called to live into our best selves because this is the gift God has given us, and because it is the gift we give back in return. We are God's gift to the world. What an epiphany — our lives are the gifts! The greatest gifts imaginable!
So, if our lives are a gift given by God and "re-gifted" by us to God, perhaps we can resolve to make these gifts the very best they can be: holy, healthy, hopeful, happy, whole, merciful, faithful, dedicated, loved and loving, forgiven and forgiving, comforted and comforting, given and received. Resolutions are broken all the time, but perhaps this time, we will choose instead to forgive and begin again.
This is your year, and it begins today. Live this gift to its fullest.
Remember, it's Not Too late to Begin Again.....whatever the beginning is for YOU:)!
What other gift could one imagine giving God? They could think of giving nothing but the best. Should we not do the same? What if God's gift to us is this life and what if this life is the very gift we give back to God? What better gift could we give? And so we are called to live into our best selves because this is the gift God has given us, and because it is the gift we give back in return. We are God's gift to the world. What an epiphany — our lives are the gifts! The greatest gifts imaginable!
So, if our lives are a gift given by God and "re-gifted" by us to God, perhaps we can resolve to make these gifts the very best they can be: holy, healthy, hopeful, happy, whole, merciful, faithful, dedicated, loved and loving, forgiven and forgiving, comforted and comforting, given and received. Resolutions are broken all the time, but perhaps this time, we will choose instead to forgive and begin again.
This is your year, and it begins today. Live this gift to its fullest.
Remember, it's Not Too late to Begin Again.....whatever the beginning is for YOU:)!
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