Sane, Simple, Sacred: Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!

"No matter what your past, your future is spotless."

John R. Rice

"If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come." II Corinthians 5:17

12 comments:

DianaDecember 30, 2009 at 8:14 PM
Wonderful quote Rebecca. I also believe that if you live in the now, you don't dwell on the past or worry about the future.
Love Di
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RebeccaDecember 30, 2009 at 8:29 PM
SO true, Di!
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JackieDecember 30, 2009 at 10:35 PM
I love the song that uses Numbers 6:24-26.
I learn a lot of Scripture through the songs we learn and sing in church.
Thank you for a lovely post, Rebecca.
Love,
Jackie
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Sniffles and SmilesDecember 31, 2009 at 12:14 AM
An absolutely fantastic verse to reflect upon today and in the next several days!! Thank you!! Have a wonderful New Year...May God richly bless you in 2010 as you have blessed so many, including me! ~Janine XO
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BernieDecember 31, 2009 at 1:19 AM
Oh I like to think my future is spotless...now how do I keep it this way....luv you...:-) Hugs
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Donna's Book NookDecember 31, 2009 at 5:41 AM
That's a great quote! We tend to spend way too much time fretting about the past and worrying about the future. But we have the opportunity to now make the best of our future.
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RebeccaDecember 31, 2009 at 6:00 AM
Donna, I like the way you say it! The future DOES hold much opportunity! Happy New Year.
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RebeccaDecember 31, 2009 at 6:01 AM
Bernie, We gave up our bedroom for one night when our children were here. That meant a thorough "pick up". It was nice to return from our hotel to a totally "picked up" room -- kind of like the future you describe. Now, to keep it that way (the room AND the future)....
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RebeccaDecember 31, 2009 at 6:03 AM
Jackie, I too have learned many, many verses of Scripture by singing them! In fact, I put this "benediction" to music one year to teach it to Vacation Bible School students. It still "sticks" in my memory while many other things slip right through.
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RebeccaDecember 31, 2009 at 6:05 AM
Janine, Blessings abound in Blogland! I feel like Lewis and Clark must have felt - discovering so much territory that had previously been a vast unknown! Counting YOU among my great discoveries in 2009. May the Lord bless your New Year.
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elaine @ peace for the journeyDecember 31, 2009 at 3:10 PM
Now that's a thought I can live with--at least chew on for the next little bit! Too bad my future includes me, which is where the spotless part of things begins to go south:)

Happy New Year!

peace~elaine
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Mrs. TeapotDecember 31, 2009 at 8:58 PM
What an encouraging quote. Yes, in Christ my future is spotless... and to think of our future in eternal glory with the spotless Lamb of God... what joy awaits us!

Have a blessed and healthy New Year!
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"We simplify, not just to be less busy, even though we may be right to pursue that. Rather, we simplify to remove distractions from our pursuit of Christ. We prune activities from our lives, not only to get organized, but also that our devotion to Christ and service for His kingdom will be more fruitful. We simplify, not merely to save time, but to eliminate hindrances to the time we devote to knowing Christ. All the reasons we simplify should eventually lead us to Jesus Christ!" (Donald S. Whitney)

Dedicated to my sister-in-law, Beth--a TRUE home manager....

"I work for a King. He has put me in charge of his home. When He comes to see how I have managed His possessions and His children, I do not want to be found wanting. I want to do my best. Everything I have is on loan from Him. I have room and board and a job to do, but it is all for Him. Therefore I want to dress my best and do my best in all my work. I also want to be creative, for this is a sincere attempt to glorify Him and His beautiful creation. How I manage my home is a form of worship to Him." --Lydia Sherman

"A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry,
and see a fine picture every day of his life,
in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul."

~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Contentment makes poor men rich.

-Benjamin Franklin

"What I am gradually discovering is that in the writing I come in touch with the Spirit of God." ~ Nouwen

~~"Reading without reflecting is like eating without digesting."~~Edmund Burke

C.S. Lewis: "To trust Him means, of course, trying to do all that He says. There would be no sense in trusting a person if you wouldn't take his advice. Thus if you have really handed yourself over to Him, it must follow that you are trying to obey Him."

"To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion; to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not rich; to listen to stars and birds, babes and sages, with open heart; to study hard; to think quietly, act frankly, talk gently, await occasions, hurry never; in a word, to let the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious, grow up through the common--this is my symphony." William Henry Channing

“Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

The Apostle Paul: "But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus." (Philippians 3:13-14)

"It's a good thing to have all the props pulled out from under us occasionally. It gives us some sense of what is rock under our feet, and what is sand. It stops us from taking anything for granted. It has also taught me alot about living in the immediate moment. I am somehow managing to live one day, one hour at a time." Madeleine L'Engle

FIVE CERTAINTIES
WITH WHICH TO
START YOUR DAY

God holds you. Each day he carries us in his arms. Psalm 68:19 NLT
God sustains you. THE LORD is my Shepherd [to feed, guide, and shield me], I shall not lack. Psalm 23:1 AMP
God covers you. He will cover you with His pinions, and under His wings shall you trust. Psalm 91:4 AMP
God pours His love upon you. Through each day the Lord pours his unfailing love upon me. Psalm 42:8 NLT
God will not fail you. The unfailing love of the Lord never ends! Lamentations 3:22 NLT

THE BLOGGER'S PRAYER Lord, help me to learn to spell without spellcheck, manage to visit all that visit me, and post regularly - all in 5 minutes a day, so that I can clean house and take care of my family. Help me to not look at every occurrence in my life as a blog post, and to quit taking pictures of weird things to share as well. Please Lord, help me to stop talking about my blog friends as though they are next door neighbors or someone I have known all of my life. And help me, dear Lord, to think of something witty and wise to post tomorrow.
Love, The Dust Bunny Hostage

Sane, Simple, Sacred

Mercy

Happy New Year!

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