Twenty-Eleven.

A new year. How exciting. Although with all honesty, the sound of "twenty eleven" or "two-thousand-eleven" does not sound at all exciting. It sounds quite cheesy in-fact. But perhaps the sound of the words don't mean much, but what it actually is, should be something like a fresh, new, crisp canvas. There layed before you is your second chance (or for those of you; your 3rd, 4th,...etc. chance). Here is your brand spankin' new chance for you to begin that and to achieve those goals you've kept hidden for so long. Take advantage of it.

It could be your last chance.

Life is so precious. How many more days do you honestly think you have left on this earth. Now, I'm not here to write all dreary and to stick deathly ideas down your throat. I'm simply reminding you; here is your chance to start over! As my dad spoke this early Sunday morning during our church service; His sermon was about our New Year's resolutions. He gave the congregation a few statistics and some of them read that only about 25% of people complete their New Year's Resolution. The rest of the 75% don't even make it past January. That's pretty sad. What's even sadder is that I'm 100% sure that I'm a part of those statistics.
I know I have my fair share of incompletes.
Another thing is that make sure to realize what exactly you are putting forth as your most important New Year's Resolution. Mine was to drink more water and to go to more concerts this year and to learn to control the sound board better and to.. and to..and to....
And to what?
My New Year's Resolutions are worthless. Why? Because I have NOTHING if I have not God. I have NOTHING if I have not Christ as my personal savior.
How much more important is going to concerts more this year than to ask forgiveness to those I have hurt? How much more important is it to drink more water this year, if I don't first learn to love others and to truly live that way.
How much more important is it to do all these things, than to accept Christ as our savior or to reconcile with Him and to grow closer to Him. He is who holds our life at the palm of His hands. He is the one who gives us LIFE and who gives us LOVE and JOY and PEACE and so much more.
He should be our prioritized New Year's Resolution.
So this year, my new year's resolution will be to love God more.
Happy New Years. ~2011~