Wake Up Anew

Twenty Twelve. It has begun.


I recently read something that struck me as, well, obvious and silly; "Every beginning is new". My initial reaction was to scoff at the pages of the book and say, "Well, no duh, pal!". However, that urge was soon thwarted when it hit me how true those words really are. There are no "new beginnings", just beginnings. And every beginning is an end of sorts; it signifies the start of something, thus imposing an end onto something else. This becomes a giant loop that goes on and on and so forth...
What I'm trying to say is this; right now, this very moment, is a beginning if we so choose it to be.


I'm in the process of reading a book by John Ortberg called The Me I Want to Be. In the first chapter, he writes about how God wants us to flourish so we can become the person He has created us to be. I will always be "Jade" no matter what, but God has an intended purpose for my life and, therefore, striving for it will only make me more "Jade". Granted, Mr. Ortberg does a far better job of explaining this than I can, so I highly recommend his book. 


Basically, this is a time of beginnings. We need to make the most of these opportunities, take advantage of the fact that we don't have to be stuck in a life without beginnings. We can wake up each morning and see a fresh start, a "new beginning", if you will. We can grow and flourish everyday so we can become more like the person we want to be, the person God wants us to be.
So I wish you all a very Happy New Year and that you'll find your own beginnings, whatever they may be.