St. Andrews by the Lake

A HAPPY AND BLESSED NEW YEAR!

      As I waited for the year to turn over last night, I sat and thought about ‘time’. What do I do with time in my life? What should I be doing with my time? How about you? How do you look at the time you have been given in this life?

     Time is a gift. No matter how much time we have, we are to use it well.  St. Augustine says in one of his spiritual exercises: “I must appoint set times, set aside certain hours for the health of my soul.”

      Joan Chittister, in her booklet ‘Sparks of Advent Light’, writes: “The old year is over. Whatever we waited for this year either came or it did not. One thing is sure: if what we wanted did not come, something surely came in its place.  The temptation is to count the change as loss — but is it really? If we are still waiting for something, we must remember that the New Year is waiting for us too, with fresh challenge, virgin promise, new discovery, and confirming triumphs. Open your hearts to life’s new hurdles and simmering victories now. Life is waiting for your gift.”

     What value to you assign to time? What do you ponder in your heart? Take our your personal calendar and write in times dedicated to the health of your soul.

                                         The blessing of God the Creator

                                             there from the beginning;

                                         The blessing of Christ our Savior,

                                             God-with-us in history and humanity;

                                          The blessing of the Holy Spirit,

                                              calling us into a future of hope;

                                          be with each one of us,

                                              our communities, our world,

                                              now and evermore.

Peace be upon each of you, and blessings in the New Year.

                  In Christ’s Love,   Cindy +