My New Year -2017 Resolution: “Let Me Recognize the Presence of God”
Retrospectively, the year 2016 could be aptly defined as the
Year of Divine Providence in my life! The almighty God visibly intervened over
and again from one circumstance to another situation and when I felt it was all
over, I was reminded that with God it is never over.
Through it all, come rain and come sun shine, the God I
served did not fail me nor did the almighty God abandoned me, instead, through divine
providence, he took care of all that concerns me and behold I am here today on
this first day of the New Year 2017 to testify of the goodness of the Lord in
the land of the living.
My New Year Resolution for 2017 is to “Recognize the
presence of God in all my thoughts, words and actions, and in the interactions
with mankind.
Thanksgiving for
the year 2016
On several occasions we all experience the inability to thank
God for all the goodness that he has bestowed on us, and therefore it is
essential for me to use this opportunity to reflect upon the uncountable
instances that I ought to gratefully thank God for being God in my life.
For the uncountable times that the almighty God has forgiven
my sins, I thank you O Lord, my God!
For the uncountable times that the almighty God was the
healer in my life, thank you.
For the redemption of my life through the sacrifice of Jesus
Christ, I thank God.
For the compassion, love and mercy of the almighty God, I
thank you.
May the many times I have
taken these blessings for granted and yet you O Lord, my God still
forgave me, I thank you.
Above it all, for the gift of life, I thank you my God.
Priceless and
Precious We Are!
Our society want us to believe that we are worthless,
useless and disposable by virtues of the price tag that is on our head, when we
are without sickness, homeless, hungry and in need of help! We trash babies
through abortion as if they are manufactured goods gone badly! We kill one
another through wars and other man made crises that transform the lives of
others into perpetual refugees and aliens.
And in spite of this negativity, is it not ironic that,
while a healthy individual may seems so worthless, yet, mere medical
intervention to replace an organ can be as expensive as 100 times what is
needed to prevent such procedure in the first place. For instance, as a healthy
man, I was denied health insurance for lack of enough income and yet, my body
parts can be sold to replace another organ in a wealthy individual to the
amount of Millions of Dollars in such procedures as Kidney, liver, and lungs
transplants!
In order words, when we take our health for granted, look no
further than to visit the hospital where our sick brethren are waiting in line
for organ donation to at least prolong their lives on earth.
Our life is priceless and precious before our God and
irrespective of our circumstances, we must recognize the essential fact that
our God has given to us and freely too.
Consequently, in the year 2016, I thank God, the almighty,
the alpha and omega, and the beginning and the end for his steadfastness, infinite
goodness and divine providence, love and mercy.
Demand and Supply
We are always searching for avenues of satisfaction, always
wanting something new to add to our material possessions, however the more we
acquire the less happy and satisfied we become! This fact is mostly obvious
because, we fail to recognize God in what we have. Rather than appreciate what
we have and thank God for the blessings, our focus is drawn to what we do not
have and therefore essentially creating a gulf of insatiability that no human
demand and supply can ever satisfy.
Majority of us are very unhappy because we cannot have the
things that are making the other majority unhappy! For instance, we are unhappy
because we claimed not to have enough money; regrettably those who have the so
called money are unhappy because unfortunately the same money does not bring
them the happiness they initially anticipated that material wealth could offer.
In the same fashion, we are unhappy with our job forgetting
that there are millions without a job, we don’t like our home, paying little or
no attention to the homeless and our parents are not Hollywood stars and that
is a reason to be unhappy, whereas Hollywood parents are regretting the fact
that some of their children are not what they expected them to turn out to be.
The economic law of Demand and Supply does not apply when
satisfaction is the goal and the reason is simple: Man was created for the
purpose of worshiping God and their lie the ultimate source of true
satisfaction.
When I think about all the oxymoron of life, I have no
choice but to seek the path that will guarantee me lasting satisfaction in this
world and in the one to come!
My New Year-2017 Resolution is therefore to RECOGNIZE GOD’S
PRESENCE, for in so doing, I will be granted both physical and spiritual
understanding, knowledge and wisdom to be happy no matter my physical and
emotional and spiritual states of body and mind.
Expectations- 2017
This New Year-2017 shall be termed the Year of Divine Glory
and Manifestation! Last Year -2016 was evidently and rightly judged as the year
of Divine Providence because without any form of income for over three years,
the almighty God took control of my family and sustained us through the 365
days that accounted for that year. Every second, minutes and hours, every day,
week and month the Almighty intervened over and again to protect us from harm.
For over three years without Health insurance, God kept us
healthy.
For over three years without income, God paid for our
mortgage and other bills
For over three years without the resolution of the
immigration matter, God kept the flame alight
For over three years of injustices, God’s justices kept us
in hope, peace and love.
For over three years without the ability to support my
families and friends, God sent benefactors to help.
For over three years of being cheated by immigration attorneys,
costing us over $40, 000.00, yet the almighty God gave us a forgiven and loving
hearts and we were able to focus on Jesus Christ.
These situations did not break us down because our God did
not forsake nor abandoned us, instead through his divine providential cares
manifested in the uncountable benefactors he sent to us, we were made strong,
hopeful and filled with divine happiness, joy and we rejoice daily in his love
for us.
The expectations of the New Year- 2017 is obviously the
manifestation of the glory of our God, because the Almighty has proved beyond
reasonable doubt that he is the protector of the just and he will never put to
shame those who called upon his name in times of need.
Thank you O Lord, my God for behold the joy of the Lord is
my strength.
PRAYER:
Dear God,
Please help me to emulate the Blessed Virgin Mary, the
Mother of God who trusted in your divine providence, love and mercy and said “YES”
to the message of the angel Gabriel.
Help me to say “YES” to your prompting!
Help me to recognize your presence in my life!
Help me to recognize you in my families, friends and in
mankind!
Help me to recognize you in all my undertakings!
Help me to recognize you in those who are in need of you, my
God.
Thank you, my Lord and my God, as I seek you in my life.
Amen.
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