Happy New Year! Hope you had a fantastic Christmas and a wonderful New Year’s celebration! I hope you are feeling refreshed and energized and you are ready to attack a new year.

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However, I’m well aware that for some people, the new year starts out at a snail’s pace as they try to climb out of the busy holiday funk because of all the events, family obligations, and that last-minute family vacation.

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I’m having a little bit of a hard time myself. With my accident on Thanksgiving Day (I think it was Thanksgiving Day) I’ve had a hard time being patient and letting my back heal. There are so many things that I want to do, but I know that I can’t, or shouldn’t, do them right now.

I think about all the people who have been sick during the holidays, or they were caring for a sick loved one, and especially those who lost a loved one during the holidays. For them, it can be especially difficult starting a new year and you can understand why they would want to take a little bit of time to recharge themselves spiritually and physically.

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I hesitate to “tell” people what they should or shouldn’t do, this is what I am going to do, and maybe it will help you too!

I’m just going to focus on the process of being in the right places and trying to start off doing the right things while focusing on Bible studies, sermons, Sunday worship, my daily ministry requirements of study time, and hospital visits, etc.

I’m going to try to not do too much besides those things while my back heals up and hopefully, I get stronger each day. Hopefully as I heal physically, I will get stronger spiritually as well as we begin this most important first part of the year!

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Easter is late this year. The date for Easter is April 20th and that is one of the later dates for Easter. Historically, Easter generally falls between the dates of March 22 and April 25th.

So, it will be a slower build up to Easter this year and that’s fine. It just means that we have a little longer to get ready. We want to be at a spiritual peak by the time Easter arrives.

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It’s like the College Football Playoffs. I’ve noticed this year that the CFP is not so much who is the best team or teams, but who is the best teams right now! In the same way, we want to be at our best by the time Easter gets here!

 

For now, just do the right things, the small things, week in and week out, and if we focus on the process, then the process will do in us what God’s Word promises it will do!

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God says, “So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; It shall not return to Me void, But it shall accomplish what I please, and it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.” Isaiah 55.11 NKJV

 

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