Three hundred and sixty-five days later, we find ourselves at another trailhead. The new year holds a great deal of symbolism in our world, although in reality it’s just another day. The beauty, though, of the special meaning to which we assign it, is that it’s another reminder of our call to constant renewal.

Pulling out our pen and paper, we sit down to list our resolutions. We turn our thoughts back to the person that we want to become, the life we ought to live. Plans are great things, but life doesn't move in a linear fashion. Demands on our time, focus, and attention ebb and flow. Major projects, illnesses, and even just a bad night’s sleep knock us little by little off course. Slowly, over time, we deviate further and further from our objective, eventually looking up to see that we’re way off course.

Contending with life as we fight to live as we ought to is at the heart of constant renewal. God doesn’t expect us to radically change ourselves once and then live perfectly forever more. He knows and understands the struggle, the conflict, and that small corrections each day add up to big results over time.

We’re at a new trailhead: January 1, 2024. Win, lose, or draw, what tiny choices do we need to make each day this year to be closer to the person that we ought to be when we all meet back here on January 1st next year?

Tags: Wellness