New Year - New Challenges - New Adventures!

I know that in reality it is just another day but there is something good about a New Year.

Many people make all sorts of resolutions and plans at this time of year and that can be a good thing but I think for me the challenge is not making the plans but keeping those resolutions I make.

Over the next couple of weeks as a church we will be concentrating on prayer and fasting in preparation for the New Year. 2007 was a year of great change for me personally and for my family. Having only come to Beacon Church in November 2006, and not knowing if we were going to be with the church long term, it meant that for the first part of the year at least we were kind of moving forward but with great caution and realising that we may not be called to take the church forward long term.

Summer saw that all change with a confidence that God wanted us to be around until he said otherwise. The Autumn saw family changes with Myra leaving work to study full time for a year and both the kids with major exams in the year ahead.

So here we are. What will 2008 hold? To be honest I am not sure what God has planned for us but of this I am sure - he knows and our responsibility is to stay close to him so we can hear his voice as he directs and leads us.

Plans - oh I've got plenty of those but I want to make sure they are his plans not just my good ideas. One thing I am confident of is that there are plenty of people who need to hear the Good News of Jesus this year, others who need encouragement and challenge on the journey and if we open our eyes there are plenty of opportunities for each one of us to have a great adventure with God.

Oh and I must remember to change that star date..... that's a job for another day.