We will have a laid back day today, I will be centering most of my time on watching the bowl games. 

The cold air is coming in from the north and creating a lot of east wind in the Gorge – I understand into the 60 mph in some areas and others will be clocked in at the 80’s and maybe even 90’s at Crown Point.

They can have it.  While I love the changing beauty of the Gorge, I can do without the wind at this time of year.

Psalm 103:12 As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.

“New Year’s resolutions, made once a year, are often forgotten. God’s forgiveness is every day, and last for eternity; HE has, forever, forgotten our sins.”

I woke up this morning thinking about how people make resolutions on the first of the year and when they fail – sometimes in the first week or even less – they just give up and forget about them.

Sometimes they berate themselves for not keeping them, but most people don’t say, okay, I made a mistake, now I need to start a new.  THEN the next year come December 31 they make the same resolution adding, ‘this year I will keep it.’

Some people really use that as a mindset, as if once they fail, they can’t start again – or at least have to wait a year to try again.

I am so thankful that we don’t have to wait a year to ask forgiveness from God.  We do not need to pick a time of year to come to Him and say, Lord, this past year has been bad and I promise next year will be better – and then when we falter we have to wait another year to try again.

1 John 1:9  If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

There is no timeline here to confess our sins.  John didn’t say it could only be done at the first of the year, or on a Sunday or other special day, he simply says, ‘if.’

And when we do He forgives us.

As Christians we have the honor of being able to come to Him each day and ask for His guidance, mercy, love and grace. 

We can ask Him – at any time, day or night – to forgive us, and He does.

Much better than New Year’s resolutions, don’t cha think?

Later, Art :-)

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