My Cup Of Door County White Christmas Coffee is hot and it is ready to drink. It is time to write.
I found that when I opened the front door of our home it had snowed a measurable amount overnight and I have the chore of cleaning the driveway and sidewalks after I write. The snow seems more natural to me than the rain and mud we have had for the last few weeks. I for one prefer fall and winter to any other times of the year.
Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through Christ, Who strengthens me.
Tonight we will usher out a decade and the last day of 2019. We will welcome in 2020 whether we want to or not. For many of you 2019 has been a tough year. Those who are fighting serious illnesses. my prayers are sent up for you daily. Some of you lost friends and family to death and my heart is with you also. Some have skated through 2019 and have prospered. Praise God for your blessings.
Today I want to have us think about the baggage we can and should leave behind in 2019. It might be the foul mouth you owned in 2019 and without knowing it you will carry it into 2020 and be the cuss you were last year. It might be the lack of a positive attitude that holds you back and makes you a bummer to be around. Everything is black for you and you see no light in anything. Or it could be the position of resentment and anger that will travel with you from 2019 into 2020. Let it go. Why be as miserable as you were last year in the new year? If you procrastinated last year you will wait three weeks to admit it is 2020 and miss out on some opportunity. The blame game of it is someone else's fault is baggage best left behind also.
Some real heavy baggage that needs to be dumped are the addictions. These can range from being an alcoholic or drug addict as well as not telling the truth. Not telling the truth and lying to others often perpetuates itself within you and soon you start believing your own lies. It also cause others to sin. They work hard to catch you in a lie and you make it too easy for them. You are laughed at behind your back.
Friends, you all know what doesn't need to be carried from 2019 into 2020 in your own lives. You have tried dumping it before and have not been successful. So here is my advice. Call on God to help. Tell someone what you are trying to do, Ask them to hold you accountable for your actions. Celebrate the victories and find a way to truly scold yourself when you fail.
Enough said. Make your own list and don't read this and develop a list for someone else. You aren't God. Tend to your own garden. Leave others faults to them and God.
God bless,
Marty
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