January 2010 Editorial

Title – Are you ready for 2010?

Christmas somehow seems like a lifetime ago, only leaving the prospect of an overdraft, diet plan and the odd bargain in the January sales. We now stand at the beginning of a new year - new opportunities, new ideals, new challenges, new goals. There’s one question you may like to consider though – are you ready? Are you ready to move on from the past year? For you 2009 may have been the best year in living memory, it might equally have been your worst. Either way, are you ready to leave it behind and embrace the unknown in 2010?

That’s the strange thing about the future – we don’t know what’s going to happen, we can’t change it, yet we tend to worry about it anyway. You may have heard of the Serenity Prayer: “God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can and wisdom to know the difference.”

The Bible contains interesting messages about the future. It tells us not to worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. No one can add a single hour to their life by worrying, so if worrying can’t even achieve that, what’s the point in worrying at all? Although it’s difficult to achieve, it’s true isn’t it? The book of Proverbs in the Bible has advice on most subjects. We learn that it’s better not to rely on our own wisdom but rather to trust in God in everything we do.

Above all though, each New Year brings the world one year closer to the second coming of Jesus. So, are you ready for whatever 2010 will bring for you? An uncertain future or the bright prospect that this year may see the return of Christ? One thing in life is certain – Jesus is coming, ready or not.

Useful passage to look up: 1st Thessalonians 5 vs 1-6