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What a Way to Start the New Year!, by Russ Lawson
"What a way to start the New Year!" writes one frustrated lady!
My New Year started this way. My husband was at work and I took the
dog out for her morning walk, locking the door to the house as I
usually do. I intended on leaving for a visit to my sister's house
in a nearby town in just a short while and noticed that there was
frost on the windshield of the car. I thought to myself, "I'll just
start it up and let the engine warm and defrost the windows while
I'm out here." Doing that, I exited the car and shut the door and
heard the automatic door locks activate and instantly knew I had
made a mistake. The door to the house was locked, my car was
running and locked and the dog and I stood outside looking at the
keys in the car ignition.
One thing I did have with me was my cell phone. In a panic I called
my husband at his work place (about 35 miles away) and he said he
would start home. I called my sister and she reminded me she had a
key to the house and could bring it up. About that time my husband
called back and reminded me that we had an emergency house key
hidden in the garage and that he had made me an emergency car key
to keep in my purse a couple of years before. So in short order I
was in the house, retrieved the car key and all things were back to
normal, but what a way to start a New Year! (Name withheld to
protect my wife's reputation -- Russ Lawson!).
As I thought about this incident I thought how often we have feelings
of panic when God has already made preparations to keep us safe. How
"Happy" can the New Year or any part of any year be if we are
constantly in doubt and perhaps even in panic about what will happen
next?
We don't know what good things God has in store!
A lot of scriptures run through my mind at times like this, but one
passage always seems to come to the top:
And we know that all things work together for good to them that
love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose (Romans
8:28 KJV).
We don't know what good things God has in store for us in this coming
year, but we do need to learn to trust in the fact that he has a plan
and a purpose for our lives.
May each of us learn to have a truly believing faith in the creator and
sustainer of us all as we face the New Year!
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(c) 2009 Russ Lawson <rlawson@wclo.net>, Messages from the Heart
<http://www.mfth.net/aboutus.html>. All rights reserved.
RELATED LINKS:
* A New Year's Prayer
http://www.heartlight.org/articles/200801/20080101_newyearsprayer.html
* Just a Breath
http://www.heartlight.org/articles/200803/20080302_breath.html
* A Mind to Work
http://www.heartlight.org/articles/200301/20030110_work.html
* Messages from the Heart
http://www.mfth.net/aboutus.html
This article can be found on the web at:
http://www.heartlight.org/articles/200901/20090101_startnewyear.html
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