Monday, December 31, 2001
Monday, December 31, 2001
Then he said to me, "It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the
beginning and the end. To the thirsty I will give water as a gift from the spring of the
water of life.
"Aaugh!" cries Lucy. "This is the last day! This is it!"
She dashes away screaming, "I only have 24 hours left! Help me! Help me! This is
the last day! Aaugh!"
"Some philosophies," says Charlie Brown, "aren't for all people."
Living each day as if it were the last day of our life is not a bad philosophy. Living each
day as if it were the first day of our life might be a better one. Just around the corner is
a new year with exciting new possibilities. This old year will be gone. The mistakes we
made, the obstacles we have overcome will be in the past. Thank God for new
beginnings.
(Revelation 21:6
NRSV)
It's a classic Peanuts cartoon. Charlie Brown says to Lucy, "Someone has said that we
should live each day as if it were the last day of our life."
Dear Jesus, thank you for a new year and for a new beginning. Amen.
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