About the New Year
It's 2005 already. I can't believe it. It just won't register in my head, the fact that 2004 has passed, and that the new year has arrived.
As I look back on the year that has just passed, I’m just so grateful to God for once again faithfully carrying me right through, thick and thin. This year was truly a year of new beginnings for me. I made so many new friends, deepened friendships like I never knew I could, experienced God in real ways that I never imagined possible, acquired new skills, dropped bad habits, started new good habits, and slaughtered a few sacred cows and white elephants along the way, including the hallowed television. (Gasp! :p) I feel that I’ve grown tremendously this past year, but it’s definitely not a reason for me to boast. There is absolutely no basis for pride, as I know without a doubt that the advances I’ve made this year are a result of the patient work of the Holy Spirit, the sovereign hand of God, the steadfast guidance of my parents, and the good influence of my close friends and family.
A greatly significant milestone of the year was that I was, by the grace of God and the irrepressible power of His resurrection, set free from a 6-year bondage to a particular secret sin. I now enter the coming year clean, and free realize the potential that God has placed in me and to fulfill his plans and purposes for me this year. The devil lost a prisoner this year, and that prisoner is going to cause him a lifetime of grief, beginning with this year. :p
Also, I feel that I have matured emotionally over the past year. I am no longer as insecure in my relationships with others as I once was. I’ve learnt not to depend so much on people, and through a particular close friend, I learnt how to be more sensitive to the often unspoken needs of others.
Yes, 2004 was a good year that will be difficult to top. But I’m also looking forward to 2005.
The thought that thrills me is that I've got a clean slate in front of me. No chinks, no rough edges, no stains from previous mistakes. Clean. Ready to be chiseled and crafted. Ready for me to write the next chapter of my life's story.
The prospect of making that first mark on this slate is at once tantalizing and intimidating. Well, I guess I won’t have to worry too much about that clean slate anymore. The first day of the new year has already passed, and many marks have been made on that still fresh slate, most unconsciously chiseled in. Now I’ve got only tomorrow to worry about, and the day after, and the day after that, and the day after that, and…you get the picture.
It’s going to be an interesting year, with more major changes in store for me. I’ll be going to college this year, and I’ll also probably get a taste of working life for a short period. I’ll be “leaving the nest” for the first time, and I’ll have to learn to be more independent and responsible as part of my continued transition into adulthood.
Yes, 2005 holds many things in store for me, and together with God, my family, and my faithful buddies, I hope to fly through this year like I flew through the last. Happy new year, everyone!
As I look back on the year that has just passed, I’m just so grateful to God for once again faithfully carrying me right through, thick and thin. This year was truly a year of new beginnings for me. I made so many new friends, deepened friendships like I never knew I could, experienced God in real ways that I never imagined possible, acquired new skills, dropped bad habits, started new good habits, and slaughtered a few sacred cows and white elephants along the way, including the hallowed television. (Gasp! :p) I feel that I’ve grown tremendously this past year, but it’s definitely not a reason for me to boast. There is absolutely no basis for pride, as I know without a doubt that the advances I’ve made this year are a result of the patient work of the Holy Spirit, the sovereign hand of God, the steadfast guidance of my parents, and the good influence of my close friends and family.
A greatly significant milestone of the year was that I was, by the grace of God and the irrepressible power of His resurrection, set free from a 6-year bondage to a particular secret sin. I now enter the coming year clean, and free realize the potential that God has placed in me and to fulfill his plans and purposes for me this year. The devil lost a prisoner this year, and that prisoner is going to cause him a lifetime of grief, beginning with this year. :p
Also, I feel that I have matured emotionally over the past year. I am no longer as insecure in my relationships with others as I once was. I’ve learnt not to depend so much on people, and through a particular close friend, I learnt how to be more sensitive to the often unspoken needs of others.
Yes, 2004 was a good year that will be difficult to top. But I’m also looking forward to 2005.
The thought that thrills me is that I've got a clean slate in front of me. No chinks, no rough edges, no stains from previous mistakes. Clean. Ready to be chiseled and crafted. Ready for me to write the next chapter of my life's story.
The prospect of making that first mark on this slate is at once tantalizing and intimidating. Well, I guess I won’t have to worry too much about that clean slate anymore. The first day of the new year has already passed, and many marks have been made on that still fresh slate, most unconsciously chiseled in. Now I’ve got only tomorrow to worry about, and the day after, and the day after that, and the day after that, and…you get the picture.
It’s going to be an interesting year, with more major changes in store for me. I’ll be going to college this year, and I’ll also probably get a taste of working life for a short period. I’ll be “leaving the nest” for the first time, and I’ll have to learn to be more independent and responsible as part of my continued transition into adulthood.
Yes, 2005 holds many things in store for me, and together with God, my family, and my faithful buddies, I hope to fly through this year like I flew through the last. Happy new year, everyone!
posted by Joel Chan at
8:23 AM
1 Comments:
I am so proud of how you've grown and matured this past year. Not only that, but you have been a source of inspiration to others, myself included. I really am grateful to our Father above for giving to me such a dear friend and I know that 2005 will be a year of great possibilites for your life. May you leap into the new year full of anticipation of the great and wonderful plans that God has in store for you :)
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