Choose Life!

I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live. Deuteronomy 30:19

To the beast in the field it may not seem like anything special today, just another winter day. To other peoples and nations our tradition of calling a day 1o days or so past the winter solstice the start of a new year may appear random and odd. To a hurting person this new day may not appear at all different from yesterday. However, as the Lord points out a thing we have in our verse for today, this new year beginning today gives us one more opportunity to choose. We can one and all choose to look upon the new year with hope in our hearts, no matter what circumstance has come down upon us in and from the preceding year. We also have a great hope that Israel did not know much about back in Deuteronomy, we can literally choose the way, the truth and the life by faith in Christ Jesus, God's beloved Son.

It's a great new year because you and I choose to believe in our Lord Jesus!

Bucky