May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.
Romans 15:13, ESV
When the clock struck midnight, were you sad to see 2023 go or joyfully looking forward to a new year?
I can easily recall the tough parts of the year but struggle to remember the blessings. Maybe you can relate?
Are the nights you spent restlessly worrying about money fresh in your memory?
Do you fixate on the squabbles with your spouse or the moments you feel you failed as a parent?
Or maybe 2023 will forever be stamped in your mind as the year of tragedy.
These often, automatic negative thoughts are a slippery slope to cynicism. If we aren’t careful, we assume that tomorrow will bring the same, if not more, hardships as today. But God doesn’t want us to dread the days ahead.
The Bible says this is the day the Lord has made let us rejoice and be glad in it (Psalm 18:24).
We will always feel disappointed if we look to our circumstances as our source of joy. Because even if the past year contained good times, those happy feelings…
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