Nehemiah 1:6
"Let your ear be attentive and your eyes open to
hear..."
This is it! The
pressure is on! It's January 1st, the day resolutions are made. Today is the day I'm going to complete one of
my resolutions, I hope.
Nehemiah was the King's servant while living in exile. He was loyally serving the King of Persia
while his heart was loyal to the One True God.
The time had come to make his allegiance to God public and take the
first step in his mission.
Nehemiah heard the status of the work of the exiles who had voluntarily
returned to Jerusalem to rebuild. He was
distressed when he heard "the remnant there ... is in great trouble and
shame..." (Nehemiah 1:3). Nehemiah
cried and prayed for days. Then at just
the right time, he approached the king for assistance.
Several weeks ago, my husband asked me for my goals in
retirement. I wanted to be selfish and
claim the T-shirt proclamation of "I have a plan for retirement... I plan to quilt." I figured my husband was a bit more serious. So I spent some time in prayer, thought and
list making. One of my three goals was
to improve my writing skills and maybe fulfill my mother's desire for me at an
early age: to be a writer.
To achieve this goal, I made a few resolutions. The first resolution was to get back to my
blog. I had neglected the habit with the
excuse of moving. Change is hard, even
good change. The past several months
were a bit overwhelming.
A few days ago I returned to my last blog series, "The
Sixes". I'm going through the Bible
to reflect on the sixth verse of each book.
Each blog has a six word title.
Today I'm executing my next resolution: to expand my readership and hopefully
encourage a few more people to get to know the best thing that ever happened to
me, developing a relationship with the One True God.
I so relish the comments and feedback from my friends. I'd like to meet friends of my friends. So, today
I ask my friends to assist me with Resolution 2. Could you do a few favors for me? First, if you enjoy my blog, become a
follower. I've added the gadget to
become a follower. Secondly, feel free to leave comments on the blog so we
can continue discussion. Finally, could you share one of my blogs with your
friends and encourage them to become a follower of my blog? (Hopefully, you've already encouraged them to
become a follower of Jesus!)
I welcome my friends to join my daily journey to know The
One - The One who truly Knows. To know Jesus.
Every day is a new day!
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