Decluttering—
Resolutions and regimens—
A word for the year,
Goal for the year—
Plans to grow smarter, stronger,
Leaner, faster, more
Organized, simplified, efficient—
If the “new year, new you” chatter
Clatters like cicadas in your ears—
If all the motivational Twixstabook posts weigh
Heavy on your chest
Because all you can do is
Do the next thing,
Like grabbing a trapeze bar
And watching where the next swing
Carries you—
When the world tells you
To try to keep up
But you’re praying not to go under—
Remember:
The LORD is gracious and merciful.
The Savior is gentle and lowly.
The Spirit is Comforter and Advocate.
You aren’t late.
You aren’t behind.
God’s calendars are as unique as fingerprints.
Joseph, Samuel, Timothy, and Jeremiah
Began listening to Him in youth.
Moses started over at 40,
Again at 80.
Abraham fathered the son of the covenant at 99.
You aren’t late.
This morning is the perfect time to seek God’s face.
Today is the perfect day to resolve to follow Him.
This present moment is the perfect opportunity
To inhale His Word,
Exhale your prayers.
(Go ahead;
I’ll wait.)
It isn’t too late to repent,
Confess,
Ask forgiveness,
Journey back to your watchful Father.
It isn’t too late to yield your whole self,
Body, soul, and spirit,
To your Lord and Master.
It isn’t too late to trust Him,
To lean all the weight of yourself and your concerns
Upon His everlasting arms.
It isn’t too late to receive the Son,
To believe into His name,
To abide in the love of the Triune God.
It isn’t too late to cry out,
“Abba! Father!”
It isn’t too late to lament,
To mourn,
To receive comfort,
To hope,
To love.
Today is a perfect day to start over.
Life is not a competition.
It is a pilgimage,
Walking with your own beloved Shepherd,
Your good Shepherd,
Your great and mighty Shepherd,
All the way home.
You aren’t too late to cling to Him.
You aren’t too late to come,
Too unworthy to be loved
And cleansed and led and kept.
Grace and mercy yap like
Border collies dogging your steps
Until we gather in the house of the Lord forever.
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