In 2008…dial 1-1-9
December 27, 2007
I remember the first time I had to dial 9-1-1*. It was not for anything serious; it was just to get the police to come out to the scene of a minor (very minor) vehicular accident that the taxi I was traveling in was involved in.
This was soon after I moved to the United States. I remember feeling a bit nervous. I was quite a timid guy at the time. I did not know how to express myself saving and except the vernacular that had been woven into my being after having lived in the Caribbean for more than 17 years.
As I look into the Crystal Ball of my life, beyond the midnight of December 31 of 2007, many things remain constant. Among other things, bills will become du
e, I will still have to get out of bed at 6:50 on mornings, attend church on weekends and go to the gym.
My hope is to enter 2008 not so stationary, but to build on what I am blessed with and moreover bless others with what I am blessed with.
As I approach this New Year, I do not want to be so dependent on or trusting of 9-1-1.
I want to dial another number in 2008; and as I continue to grow (in faith), find the need to dial that other number less often. That (other) number is 1-1-9 or 1 John 1:9 which says “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness”.
It is my desire that I would start the new year by dialing 1-1-9. Yes I (we) may have messed up time and time again in 2007, yes I (we) may mess up in the new year, but God’s grace IS sufficient!
When I (we) dial 1-1-9 I (we) will experience breakthroughs!
When (we) I dial 1-1-9, I (we) will experience peace!
As the time draws near to 2008, my eyes will be set on the Maker of the mountains I can’t climb and the Calmer of the oceans raging wild, with blind faith, dialing 1-1-9.
I want to in 2008 fully embrace His love, supplemented by my obedience to His will. I pray that you feel the same or will feel the same one day.
My prayer is that 2008 will bring for you increasingly, abundantly more than you could ever ask or imagine. May you forever bask in the glow of the Heavenly Father as you open your hearts to receive His grace as it flows down on you in 2008. Happy New Year!
From my heart, to yours,
Akhenaton
* 9-1-1 is the universal emergency telephone number in North America.
SO YOU HAVE ME WANDERING? ??? WHAT ARE YOUR SINS????? JEJEJEJE!!!! fELIZ ANO!!!! HEY SINCE I DID NOT GET TO PU THE TILDE OVER THE N THE “ELIZ ANO”THAT I JUST WROTE LITERALLY MEANS “HAPPY ANUS” INSTEAD OF HAPPY YEAR / NEW YEAR!!!! JI JI JI
lol….better not be any double entendres there…
all the best for 2008! may all the prayers tha tu have been praying for on behalf of your family, friends and yourself be made manifest in 2008…GOD bless!!!