Happy New Year’s Day!
I just wanted an opportunity to wish everyone a Happy New Year! We are still on a skiing vacation with our family in Keystone, Co. It so beautiful here in the mountains covered with snow and amazing landscapes of the Rocky Mountains. The boys are having so much fun and they are all over the slopes. I have a few favorite days of the year and one of them was last night, the night before the new year. I was able to reflect on the year that I had. The best part about last night before the clock struck midnight is I knew the past was behind me and the future in front of me. While we were on the slopes in Vail, Co yesterday the boys and Keith are off to ski the double black diamond slopes while I was cruising on the easies course the green slopes. My kids are amazed I refuse to get on the black diamond and be a manic like them. They are running on the concept of “NO FEAR” skiing while I on the other hand am a little more cautious. I spent a good part of the day yesterday skiing alone and I was in a mind battle all by myself. Just when I thought I was skiing like a champ, I would lose my balance and almost scare myself to death and then I would gain my balance again. If anyone has skied before you understand my madness. I was reminded this is the same with me when it comes to my relationship with God just when I think everything is going great and I don’t spend the time I should with Him and He becomes a distant prayer. It’s like when I am skiing when I loose my balance there He is right before I fall He picks me up in His grace. I am grateful for that. I am looking forward to a new year. One of my New Years resolution is to try to be more aware of who I am in Christ in such a way that when those challenges come in my family, business, friendships and just everyday challenges. That I would trust more in what God has for me and trust Him in what is going to do this year in my life. All I want is to be so close to God that I can feel Him breathing on the back of my neck……..I have had this feeling only one time in the last 6 months and I promise you it is worth feeling this daily. If you know me very well you know how much I love my God, I love my family and I love my friends. Happy New Year! Blessings to you and your family. I believe for me this is the road less traveled…………
This is one of the best versions of this scripture:
Proverbs 3:5 (The Message)
5-12 Trust God from the bottom of your heart;
don’t try to figure out everything on your own.
Listen for God’s voice in everything you do, everywhere you go;
he’s the one who will keep you on track.
Don’t assume that you know it all.
Run to God! Run from evil!
Your body will glow with health,
your very bones will vibrate with life!
Honor God with everything you own;
give him the first and the best.
Your barns will burst,
your wine vats will brim over.
But don’t, dear friend, resent God’s discipline;
don’t sulk under his loving correction.
It’s the child he loves that God corrects;
a father’s delight is behind all this.
