Saturday, 19 January 2008
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01.02.08
Bittersweet
January 2nd is bittersweet to me. It is the exciting beginning of a new year, but there is the sadness of the end of the holiday season. All through the hot summer months of the South, I look forward to Autumn, with its brisk breezes and palette of falling leaves, and the promise of Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving is what I consider the beginning of the holiday season, the time to look forward to special dinners, decorations reserved for only this time of year, events and activities and family gatherings. There is an excitement and anticipation in the air as Thanksgiving, then Hanukkah, then Christmas, then the New Year approach is quick succession, each one lending a festive quality to the next.
Then comes January 2nd. It’s all over. The Christmas tree, which looked beautiful and dazzling on the 1st, now shows its tiredness. The decorations need to be put away again for another year. Back to work and routine and cold (we hope!) January and February.
Alas, Spring will begin to peak out from the edges of the winter cold, hints of green and new and color waiting to burst forth with the warmer weather, bringing a different excitement and anticipation.
It all comes down to perspective. Every day is a chance to begin again, to celebrate life, and love, and the gift of Jesus. There doesn’t have to be a pre-printed day on the calendar to feel excited and anxious about what lies ahead. God has plenty of good and pleasing things waiting for us, if we just look to Him, not the world, and follow.
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