In the Beginning God was There
Beginning a new year is like opening a new journal. Each blank page represents opportunities to be discovered, adventures to unfold, truths to be learned.
Every year I read through the Bible using a New Living Translation edition written expressly for that purpose. How appropriate on 01/01—the beginning of a new year—to see these words written in the first verse of the first chapter of the first book of the Bible: “In the beginning God…”
To me, beginning a new year is like opening a brand new journal. Each blank page represents opportunities yet to be discovered, adventures yet to unfold, truths yet to be learned. The pages hold no written regrets or frustrations. They’re clean and fresh and, like me, waiting expectantly for 2015 to take shape.
What will the new year bring?
You and I stand on the threshold of another new year. We have no clue what it holds, but we can be sure of several truths that run an interesting parallel to Genesis:
How about you?
“In the beginning God”—words filled with promise and hope.
How do they resonate with you?
Know you are loved,
Grace
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