New Day Resolutions

I heard a great commercial this morning…actually, it probably wasn’t a great commercial because I can’t recall the product/service…but it had a great line. It asked, “Why don’t we treat every new day with the optimism and enthusiasm that we treat the New Year?” That is a great question! Why don’t we? At least, why don’t we Christians do that? We should you know…our hope remains steadfast in our Lord and Savior every day…not just once a year. Why don’t we get up each morning expecting God to do something great in us? Don’t we expect to meet God each day? Don’t we believe He is capable of doing great things in and through us? Do we not know his will for us? I must confess I am starting to rethink the whole New Year’s resolution thing. Not the exercise and weight loss…but the being conformed to the likeness of Christ thing. Wouldn’t it be a great “New Day” resolution, to this day become more like Jesus in the way I treat others? To be more like Christ in my love of others. To forgive like Jesus forgave. Yeah, we should resolve to be more like Christ, and not just for the New Year, but for each New Day! Then, once we’ve made the resolution, we should ask the Holy Spirit to guide us and give us strength...wouldn't want it to turn out like last years exercise thing!