NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS

I wonder if you make New Year resolutions…I don’t but for some weird reason I have a feeling that there may have been a time when I did. If I ever made any, I probably forgot them before the 7th of January. But why do we bother making them in the first place? By the way, did any of you make a New Year resolution? Would you like to share them with us?

There seems to be something attractive about them many people make new year’s resolutions every year – you know – eat more salad and less chocolate (totally unrealistic!), be more loving and caring, learn a new language (bonjour, gracias,…) , start dancing or singing classes etc. The thing about resolutions is that you either feel under pressure to keep them or you just forget them or if you are iron-willed you may keep it going till say, March or April and then slightly modify them, in order to make them achievable so that you don’t feel so bad about yourself.

I think that people generally make resolutions they think will help them be better people than they are. We always want to outdo our siblings, neighbours and friends (we may not want to admit it though); we want to look better than ever, dress more trendy or whacky, depending on what your particular reaction is to the contemporary styles. I personally have no sense of style neither do I have any idea as to what is in vogue or not, do I care?...hmm…err…hmm…let me think…hmm…err… NO!!! I happen to be very old fashioned by the way.

I think I prefer to have hopes and dreams or heart-felt desires instead of resolutions. My best and only strategy for doing anything about my hopes and dreams or heart-felt desires is sharing them with God. I share them with God because I know that without Him there is no point to them and without His help I may not even get to dream or imagine these things. I know that without God my dreams and hopes are empty, nothing…

By the way, God has done for me many of the things I have dreamt about and hoped for over the years and I know that there is more to come, for all this I give God the thanks and praise. In fact one of the things I hoped for this year has already been granted. For that I say a big HALLELUJAH!

Try sharing your new year’s resolutions, your hopes and dreams, your whole life with God and see what happens…

I hope you have all resolved to come to the Festival this year and every year.

Au revoir mes amis I shall go now for I feel like getting myself a cup of tea.

God bless you all xxx

Happy New Year!

I hope you all had a great Christmas and New Year………. I certainly did!

Have you made any New Year’s resolutions?

Here are a few of mine…..

Cut down on brussel sprouts...

Eat more salad (don't take the gherkin out of a Big Mac!)

Spend more time with my duvet!



Apart from these highly important resolutions I’ve made to myself, which I fully intend to keep, I’ve made a few promises to God…..

To pray more

To spend more time reading the Bible

To try to be more like Jesus in all that I do


Why not join me in making some promises of your own to God?

Something really important to remember is that we’re not on our own in all of this. God has promised to us to be with us always, by the power of his Holy Spirit.

He’s also promised that when we mess up, and don’t always keep our promises, He’s still there for us! God ALWAYS keeps his promises to us!

How amazing is that?!

God bless you this year, I hope you all have a fantastic 2007!

See you soon……Festival is just 19 weeks away!!!