About New Year Resolutions

Virtually everyone making new year resolutions are blowing in the wind. Here, just over a week from the start of 2007, most resolutions made have already become history, and more falling by the wayside daily. The few who do stick with their committed resolution(s) are exceptional. Are you exceptional? And, of course, the resolve made needs to be worth-while, not just some puny commitment that anyone can satisfy. But those who have resolved to do or accomplish something that calls for personal, interior strength, and are true to themselves, ought to accept personal gratification and reward themselves when they are honestly satisfied that they have achieved what they said they would do without backsliding to a halt. It occurred to me that human nature, as recorded in the Good Book, is indeed weak. Let's take a serious for-instance: Most people know the existence of the Ten Commandments, but either don't know them, don't want to know them, think they're suggestions, have no clue as to Who gave them, or to whom. Taking all of these excuses into consideration, and believing every bit of Old Testament history about them, I offer them to you as the perfect New Year Resolution, worthy of the most serious effort to live by them. I see the Ten Commandments as the bedrock for peace on earth as was meant to be. A slow, purposeful reading of each Commandment, pondered upon, will reveal to you a most desirable world in which we all could live without a single reason for adversity. A remarkable transformation can take place in you when you take the Ten Commandments as a personal guide for living. As you become more keenly aware of the significance of the Commandments, you realize how distant the peoples of the world have become from the law God handed down to Moses on only two tablets. Evil men work very hard to have you believe the Ten Commandments of God are outdated. Wiser men will say that God gave us these Commandments so only God can repeal them. He has not. So God's law remains unchanged as set down by Him. Some of you reading this may ask what are the Ten Commandments? Others may have forgotten what the Commandments say, still others may believe they are suggestions; and there are those of you who need to be reminded of their essence. Only you know where you stand. Since God's law is so vital for your eternal salvation, I will include them below as a strong recommendation for you to consider for your 2007 New Year resolution. No matter what sort of resolution you made, even if you've made none at all, however mindfully important to you, none will ever be as important as a resolve to live by God's Ten Commandments every moment of every day for the rest of your transitory life. It won't be easy going, but reach for perfection anyway, knowing well that you'll never attain it. Setbacks are not uncommon for a variety of reasons, not the least of which is the fact that you're a human being. But as you strive for perfection you'll know that you're doing the best you can. Be honest and God Himself will know that you're doing your best too. May you be or become a child of God and know why you are walking the face of the earth for a little while before being called home by your Creator. Here, then, are the Ten Commandments to consider for your resolutions for 2007. Think upon each one until you feel you understand what they are saying to you: 1. I am the Lord your God; you shall not have strange Gods before me. 2. You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain. 3. Remember to keep holy the Lord's day. 4. Honor your father and your mother. 5. You shall not kill. 6. You shall not commit adultery. 7. You shall not steal. 8. You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. 9. You shall not covet your neighbor's wife. 10. You shall not covet your neighbor's goods. Anyone finding fault with any of the Commandments will be exercising nothing by an excuse in order to deny their existence. I didn't say that accepting God's law would be easy, though you'd think they ought to be; but I'll guarantee you'll find your life more acceptable and fruitful.In solitude,think what that would mean to you. Happy 2007 to you. Bob