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Establishing New Year goals, routines, or resolutions isn't meant to create feelings of inadequacy. It's not to burden you with overwhelming expectations. Instead, it's about connecting with God and finding comfort in His strength and presence. You can do this through prayer, with the Lord. He sees you, knows your struggles, and loves you unconditionally. This could be the most profound plumb line you could ever embrace.

Christmas Lights! They remind me of the coming celebration of the Savior King. But did you ever notice that some lights sparkle and some shine? Shining lights are steady radiating beams, whereas sparkling, glistening usually imply irregular or interrupted flashes.

Would I have come away from that experience knowing that I had just witnessed the presence of the Living God?  Or would I have been more enamored, like a child, with waving of the palm branches, the excitement of the crowd, and even the donkey? I hope that I would have the awareness of the presence of my Savior and savor the experience of standing on Holy Ground.

  Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.  I say to myself, ‘The Lord is my…