Often, I am perplexed how to explain what is happening to someone's life as they navigate through its minefields of challenges, struggles, and trials.
In the course of these messy aspects of life, if we train our conscience, we can also perceive occasions of joy, moments of happiness, and times of peace.
If we look deeply into these distinctions through the lens of Christianity, that is, faith in Christ, we see instead that it's all about growth into the person we are ultimately meant to become. That is full of gratitude, courage, and hope despite the circumstances underpinned by the reality that it is all for our good.
The fact that whatever we experience can only be for that purpose and lead to that outcome is a huge difference from those who believe in these truths. Life, then, takes on new meaning.
Join me as we begin 2024 and look beyond the good and bad, but instead, look forward to the excitement of it all. Join me in the gratitude for all we have, experience, and share, the courage to tell others who may not know such things, and the hope in that which we cannot see but know that God is a loving God who cherishes you, who makes himself known to us through Christ Jesus, and his plan for us is more wonderful than we can possibly imagine.
Happy New Year! 2024 will be great!
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