Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness. 2 Peter 3:11
As we think about the passing of the old year and the beginning of a new one, this is a great time for reflection and resolutions. Perhaps it will help to think of the year as J. R. Miller did when he wrote these words in 1907:
“The only way to have a stainless and beautiful year at its close—is to keep the days, as they pass, all pure and sweet, with the loveliness of holy, useful living.
It is thus, in little days—that our years come to us. We have but the one small fragment to fill and beautify at a time.
The year is a book, and for each day—one fair white page is opened before us.
And we are artists, whose duty it is to put something beautiful on the page.
Or we are poets, and are to write some lovely thought, some radiant sentence, on each leaf as it lies open before us.”
So how is it with you? What have you written in the old book of this past year? What will you write in the new book? Will the content of your book be of value to those who read it–something instructional and inspirational or will it reveal that you have been self-centered and unconcerned about God’s will for your life? Think about it, because like it or not, others will be reading it and will be hurt or helped by what they read. The very thought of this should cause us to….lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. 1 Timothy 2:2
