More fog and low clouds in our neck of the woods, looks to be that all week long.  Temperature supposed to be fluctuating between 31 at night and mid-30’s during the day.  (sigh)

For the first time in years I saw midnight on the 31^st of December.  I had gone to bed at my same time, long before midnight, woke up for some reason, and got up for a couple of moments just in time to join AllClassical with the count-down; wished Carla, Steven and Celinda a Happy New Year, then went back to bed.

Through my many years I have found that New Years is here at 0800 as well as midnight.

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2 Corinthians 5:17  KJV  “Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.”

Every ‘New Year’ we hear of people making resolutions on how they want to improve themselves in this new year.

Many have great ideas and really are meaning to follow them, but by February or March they are all but forgotten.

It does take will power and dedication to change one’s habits and improve ourselves.

Especially when we try and do it ourselves. 

We know it is better to have a buddy doing the same thing so you are helping each other out and keeping each other accountable.

But, there are things we cannot control ourselves, things that will come back to us as satan uses our memories to beat us down and tell us we aren’t good enough.

The only true way we can improve ourselves is to accept the sacrifice Christ made on the cross and ask Him to forgive us.

For some people things that they are doing they know are wrong, disappear and they truly overcome them, immediately, thanks to the Holy Ghost’s purification of our mind, heart and soul through Christ.

We can’t improve ourselves to the point of having those sins forgiven; and we don’t need to do that.

Christ isn’t asking us to be ‘good’ in order to be saved, He isn’t asking us to cast aside all our bad habits or sins before we can be saved; He asks that we accept the sacrifice and God through His Holy Spirit will be the one that will watch over us, teaching us, showing us and helping us be free of those sins.

As I said, some have a complete turnaround, immediately, while many of us have to fight the “old creature” that satan keeps harping on, but either way, Christ makes of us a new creature.

We look at things differently, we act differently, we strive to be pleasing to Him and therefore are more able to help others.

I don’t make New Year’s resolutions, I just ask God to help be do the things He is asking me to do, to help me be responsive to His Spirit and for His help in making me a better man.

I use the Holy Spirit as MY buddy, and hopefully I will remember to be in constant contact with Him as I make those improvements.

Later, Art (-: