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am waiting for you to search it out again
and with more determination. All the
good that you tried to do for others and
didn't achieve last year is mine to grant -–
providing you have fewer selfish and
conflicting desires.
In me lies the
potential of all that you dreamed but didn't
dare to do, all that you hoped but did not
perform, all you prayed for but did not yet
experience. These dreams slumber
lightly, waiting to be awakened by the
touch of an enduring purpose. I am your
opportunity to renew your allegiance to
Christ, who said, "Behold,
I
make all
things new" (Rev. 21 :5). I am the New
Year.
The
Christian Bible Teacher
related this
account about 25 years ago:
Charlie Brown in the famous
"Peanuts" cartoon cried out, "How long
0
Lord?" And his friend Lucy proceeded to
tell him his quotation was from Isaiah the
sixth chapter. She then wore him down
with her explanation and in her usual
manner, jerked the football away when he
kicked at it. Charlie Brown fell down and
she explained, "How long? All your life,
Charlie Brown. All your life." We see the
wisdom of this character in explaining that
all through life we face problems. All
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