Magic Slate

WOW....it is 2017!


Some people would just like to take out their "childhood" magic slate and wipe the slate clean.  In 2016.....mistakes were made.  Bad choices were made.  Bad decisions were made.........................................all because WE ARE NOT PERFECT.


In our personal lives.............we want to clear the slate.  In our nation............we want to clear the slate.  Probably even in our churches....we want to clear the slate. 


Wouldn't life be much easier if life WAS a magic slate?  But, hey.............it almost is. 


We can go before our Father, humbly and ask for forgiveness for our mistakes, our bad choices and bad decisions................and we can ask for guidance for a clearer head and better tomorrow.  Once HE forgives.............it is as if he has wiped the slate clean and started over.


All that being said..............remember......2017 is a NEW YEAR!  A new beginning.  Whatever your New Year's Resolution was..........to loose weight; to eat healthier; to exercise more; to spend more time in God's Word; to let God CONTROL our lives; to be more understanding; to be more organized, etc.  TODAY is the first day of FOREVER!  It is never too late to start.  Maybe it is already January 4th.....but, you can still pull out your magic state and start fresh TODAY.


I saw on Pinterest where you should take a jar and every time you do anything good or anything positive happens in 2017....write it on a piece of paper and put it in the jar.  At the end of 2017 when you are down in the slumps because of not getting accomplished everything that you had set out to do..................sit down and read the contents of your jar and remember how very blessed you actually are.  I think this a great idea and I am planning to do it.............if not today....maybe tomorrow.  (Oops...there goes my procrastination.)


May you have a very HAPPY NEW YEAR......I plan to.