Horseshoe crab on a SC beach.
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From now onwards, never let anyone else decide what you should eat or drink, or whether you are to observe annual festivals, New Moons or sabbaths. These were only pale reflections of what was coming: the reality is Christ. Do not be taken in by people who like grovelling to angels and worshipping them; people like that are always going on about some vision they have had, inflating themselves to a false importance with their worldly outlook. A man of this sort is not united to the head, and it is the head that adds strength and holds the whole body together, with all its joints and sinews – and this is the only way in which it can reach its full growth in God.
Different men have different names, which they owe to their parents or to themselves, that is, to their own pursuits and achievements. But our great pursuit, the great name we wanted, was to be Christians, to be called Christians.
I really don’t think that there’s any New Year’s Resolution that needs to be made except, “Pray more.”
Everything else flows from that, doesn’t it?
thank you for this post. i so agree.
our pursuit of God is an individual journey, and we must be solely responsible in achieving our purpose and aiming for the eternal goal: Christ.
happy new year! blessings to you! :)