2019 began at 12:01 AM. The clock has reset. We are back to Day 1. Week 52 has given way to Week 1. The old year has gone, the new one has begun.
This is the time of year when people look back on the old and decide what they want to do differently in the new. It’s the time of year when we think about change. Lots of new diets and exercise programs are begun in the new year. Municipalities and many businesses take a holiday today. People watch football or go to movies or visit with friends and family. Or they might do what I do on New Year’s Day, take down the Christmas decorations while watching football!
And yet for some this day is like any other. First responders show up for their shifts, as do nurses and other medical personnel in hospitals and facilities. Stores are open and hoping that the Christmas buying spree will continue for a few more days.
Things are new and yet things are still the same. I’m not much into the celebration of New Year’s Eve or Day. Oh, I’ll probably try to return to eating right (which always recedes a bit during the holidays) and I’ll get back to walking more, but celebrate? No, not much.
I celebrate in August. Yep, August. In August 1973, I had a new beginning—an eternal one. That’s when in a small non-denominational prayer meeting, I gave my life to the LORD Christ Jesus. I haven’t always walked worthy of that, but I’ve never looked back nor regretted my decision to submit to Him. August, that’s when I’ll celebrate the anniversary of my New Eternity!
2 Corinthians 5:17: “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!”
