A New Year's Choice

 



Have you made a new year's resolution or two or ten?
I haven't this year.

    I have thought about what I'd like my life to look like. I want more community in my life. That fell off in 2020, when we left the church we'd been in for many years. We were overworked in that church. It made both my husband and I timid about getting over involved again in our new church. The result has been that we've been on the fringes at church... involved but not involved.  There have been too many excuses. But, truly, I haven't made church a priority. 

    I've been seeking God through His word, a Bible study with ladies in the next town, videos and podcasts, weekly Sunday morning attendance. But. I've been feeling the longing for some time now to feel more connected to the body of Christ. That takes time and commitment. 

    Do I believe a person must be there every time the church door opens? No. But. That's the way my husband and I have lived much of our married life. Up until that last experience, it was all good. Even the last experience was not bad. We were there for a purpose, brought in during a natural disaster by God, but the heavy dependence on us wore us out. 

    What I am saying is that we I have been neglecting Wednesday evening Bible study with the ladies and Sunday evening services. I just haven't wanted to get too involved. Who's suffered from that? Me. (I crossed out we. I cannot speak for my husband.) I believe that I've made choices that lead me further from what God wants for me.

    So, no resolution, just a choice. I am going to stop avoiding church for whatever reason. You might say that I am repenting of being lazy about going to church and making relationships with God's people. 

    So, this year I choose to grow in relationships with other Christians.
I choose to listen to God when He speaks to me through the Word or by whatever method He chooses. I'm getting away from the fence and into the fold.  

    Has this struck a chord with you?
Let me know in the comments. I encourage you to listen to this short video by Phil Robertson that I listened to this morning.

Have a wonderful weekend,
Laura



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