Saturday, January 2, 1999
Saturday, January 2, 1999
Happy are those who do not follow the advice of the wicked, or take the path that
sinners tread, or sit in the seat of scoffers; but their delight is in the law of the LORD. (Psalms
1:1-2
NRSV)
This new year is a time for change. It is a time for making resolutions. It is a time for doing
something about those areas of our lives with which we are unhappy. May we in prayer find
God's answer to our unhappiness.
Ronald Newhouse, Texas, USA
Not long ago, a very curious incident was reported in the New York City papers. A bus driver in
the Bronx simply drove away in his empty bus one day and was picked up by the police several
days later in Florida. The driver explained that he had grown tired of driving the same route every
day. He had decided to go away on a trip. While he was being brought back, it was clear from the
papers that the bus company was having a hard time deciding whether or how he should be
punished. By the time he arrived in the Bronx, he was a celebrity, and a crowd of people was on
hand to welcome him. When it was announced that the company had foregone its prerogative to
turn him over for legal punishment and would give him his job back again if he would promise to
make no more jaunts, loud cheers erupted in the Bronx. Obviously a lot of other people were also
bored and unhappy.
Prayer: God of joy, show me the way to true--fulfilled happiness in you. Amen.
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