Well, we will be
walking away from 2015 and welcoming 2016 in just a few hours. Have you thought your resolutions for the
coming year? I certainly have,
especially recently. Let’s see.
1. Follow God’s word in James 1:19. Boy
do I need to improve on this. I will.
2. Pray. Every day. Morning, noon, and night. Without ceasing. God asks me to. When I pray He promises to hear, consider,
and answer according to His will. Just
do it. I will.
3. Think. Meditate. Focus.
On His word day and night (Psalm 1).
There are so many distractions.
So many “other things” to think about that are less important. I will have a more intense focus on the “main
thing.”
4. Listen. I don’t listen very
well. I will become a better listener.
5. Wait. I am too quick to judge, to
just to conclusions, to misunderstand. I
must wait. I’m not talking about
procrastination. I am talking about
being patient.
6. Humility. Jesus taught by word and
example that humility pleases the Father.
I want to be like Jesus; quiet, strong, wise, patient, kind, right.
7. Follow when I should. Lead when I
should. Understand.
8. Forget what was. Accept what
is. Imagine and create what can be.
I am resolved no
longer to linger, charmed by the world’s delight;
Things that are
higher, things that are nobler, these have allured my sight.
I am resolved to
go to the Savior, leaving my sin and strife;
He is this True
One, He is the Just One, He is has the words of life.
I am resolved to
follow the Savior, faithful and true each day,
Heed what is
says, do what He wills, He is the living Way.
I am resolved to
enter the kingdom, leaving the paths of sin,
Friends may
oppose me, foes may beset me, still will I enter in.
I will hasten to
Him, hasten so glad and free,
Jesus, greatest,
highest, I will come to Thee.
Palmer Hartsough
(1896)
James H.
Fillmore (1896)
