Crowning your year with goodness.

Do you realize that the desire to improve your life with each New Year began in the heart of God? As each year draws to a close, people often find themselves reflecting on the things they intended to achieve during the past year.

Some may look back feeling satisfied with what they accomplished, while others may feel quite dissatisfied. Typically, those who look back with satisfaction also look forward to greater accomplishments in the upcoming year.


However, the same can be true for those who feel dissatisfied with last year’s achievements. These people can make a New Year’s resolution to do better in the New Year that lies before them.

Like most people, you have probably made New Year’s resolution to lose weight, exercise regularly, eat better, get a new job, start investments, take chances or somehow improve your quality of life but do you realize that the desire to improve your life with each New Year started in the heart of God? Notice what Psalm 65:11 says “You crown the year with your bounty and goodness…….” What does God require of you in order to experience His abundance and blessing in the year that lies ahead?

We must walk on God’s path throughout the year. We cannot expect to receive the success and prosperity God offers if we are not willing to walk in close fellowship with Him. Notice how Ezekiel expresses a similar thought: “And I will make them and the places around my hill a blessing and I will cause showers to come down in their season; they will be showers of blessing” (Ezekiel 34:26).

As we round off 2013, we owe God a mighty “THANK YOU”. Some of us were disappointed, hurt, got betrayed, did not take chances, lost a loved one but we are alive. There is no reason or excuse to be concerned about tomorrow. This year is almost over.


Happy New Year in advance.

Flawless

“We teach girls to shrink themselves, to make themselves smaller. We say to girls: You can have ambition, but not too much. You should aim to be successful but not too successful, otherwise you will threaten the man. Because I am female, I am expected to aspire to marriage. I am expected to make my life choices always keeping in mind that marriage is the most important. A marriage can be a source of joy and love and mutual support. But why do we teach girls to aspire to marriage and we don’t teach boys the same? We raise girls to see each other as competitors not for jobs or for accomplishments, which I think can be a good thing, but for the attention of men. We teach girls that they cannot be sexual beings in the way that boys are."

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche

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You’ve got the words to change a nation but you’re biting your tongue
You’ve spent a lifetime stuck in silence afraid you’ll say something wrong
If no one ever hears it, how we gonna learn your song?
So come on come on, come on come on

You’ve got a heart as loud as lions so why let your voice be tamed?
Maybe we’re a little different, there’s no need to be ashamed
You’ve got the light to fight the shadows so stop hiding it away
Come on, come on

I wanna sing
I wanna shout
I wanna scream till the words dry out
So put it in all of the papers, I’m not afraid
They can read all about it, read all about it oh

Oh ohhh oh
Ohhh ohhh oh
Ohhh oh oh

At night we’re waking up the neighbours while we sing away the blues
Making sure that we’re remembered yeah, cause we all matter too
If the truth has been forbidden, then we’re breaking all the rules
So come on come on, come on come on

Let’s get the TV and the radio to play our tune again,
It’s bout time we got some airplay of our version of events
There’s no need to be afraid, I will sing with you my friend
Come on come on

Yeah we’re all wonderful, wonderful people
So when did we all get so fearful?
Now we’re finally finding our voices
So take a chance come help me sing this

Yeah we’re all wonderful, wonderful people
So when did we all get so fearful?
And now we’re finally finding our voices
Just take a chance come help me sing this.

~Emeli Sande~
Dedicated to everyone who's trying to find their voice or path in an unfriendly world.