Every year I am one of those who is seduced yet again by the allure of New Year’s resolutions. Because yes, I do want to lose weight, read more books, be nicer, worry less, be a better father, be less selfish, run a marathon and learn to sail. Goodness! Looking at the list I see why I never quite make it. And yet I really want all those things.
Last night at Soup’d Up we had a great conversation about resolutions and what they mean. We started with a scripture reading from 2 Corinthians. This is the famous one that reminds us that if we are in Christ then we are a new creation. We also watched the Rob Bell video in which he reminds us about the fact that life comes from death. Talking about his wife’s awesome salsa, he reflected that for us to get nourishment the tomato in the salsa had to die. And there is a law here, that life comes from death. Of course, the ultimate expression of that is the fact that Jesus died for us to bring life.
It puts resolutions into perspective. At my table, I reflected that part of spiritual growth for me is that when I know that I centred in prayer on God in my life I am far less reactive. I am able to handle difficulties and do things that I wouldn’t ordinarily do. It is because I am living in grace that I find the strength to do what I am wanting. And of course the scripture reminds me, what I really want is not to lose weight, but to be a new creation. How about you? What do you want?
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