Happy New Year!
I love the start of a new year. That magical time when we make new commitment
to lose weight, read that book, or dare I say, even go to church more. These promises we make to ourselves tend to
fall on deaf ears by week two. I
struggle every year committing to commit.
It’s time I try something new.
It’s time I take a different road.
For this season of Epiphany, Abiding Presence will be taking
another road. The wise men took another
road home to stray away from Herod and keep the location of the Christ child
hidden from his eyes. They intentionally
took another road. They knew that
returning the same way would end with pain and great discomfort.
As you think about what lies ahead for you in this New Year,
ask yourself, “What road am I taking?”
Are you taking the road that is easy and familiar? Are you traveling the road of comfort, or are
you willing to take another road and find comfort in the uncomfortable? Can we respond like the wise men and travel
away from those destructive forces in our lives.
Maybe you drink or work too much. Maybe you have wanted to
spend more time with your family. Maybe you are longing for some time to sit
with God and nurture that relationship. Take
another road. Let us join the wise men and travel with confidence. And whatever road you find yourself on,
remember that there is One that is walking with us…on another road.
Pastor Steve
