ASK SOMETHING (01-02-13)

1 John 3:22

We receive from him whatever we ask, because we keep his commandments and do what pleases him.

WHEW!!!  Another year has passed.  And still, life must go on as we welcome another year.  And depending on who we talk to, the past year could either be a better one or the worst in their entire life.

It could be one of the worst for me.  But it took out all the best from me and made me a better man.  What happened in that year may have sent my life back to where I started, but I know God has reasons for all that happened. 

Did it make me stronger?  Did it make me closer to Him more?  Yes, I do hope.  But only the events of the future will help me know that.  For what happened to me in the past is a preparation for something better or worse that will happen in the future.

And I pray that I be ready.  I have asked Him things, and He may have not provided them all.  But I hope that He provided things that would help me overcome all that is coming my way this new year and years to come.

And I will continue to ask for more, things that would make me better and better and better.  Things that would please Him.  Things that would make me closer and closer to Him until that day when I finally join Him in heaven.

How about you?  What are you asking for this new year?  Is it to make you worse that what you are now?  I hope not.  For God can provide everything than can make us stronger.  For those things that will not, it may have not come from God.  So think again.

Let us pray +

Almighty Father, we thank You for all the things you have given us.  And we pray that you continually shower us with blessings in this new year.  Blessings that will continue to nurture our hungry and thirsty body, heart, mind and soul.  Amen +

I will give you all the nations for an inheritance.