What is your New Year's Resolution?

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2 Corinthians 5:17 Contemporary English Version

¹⁷ Anyone who belongs to Christ is a new person. The past is forgotten, and everything is new.

 

Happy New Year!

Long ago I found out that making new resolutions—New Year or any other time—can be a fruitless endeavor. However, it does happen that I make some, anyway.

In 2021 with Sylvia’s cooperation and encouragement, I made the resolution that I would eat twice daily rather than three times. Sylvia jumped at it—that would be three-hundred and sixty-five fewer meals she would have to make!

Years ago, I had found that if I didn’t have something for supper, I would wake up freezing from low blood sugar. It didn’t matter how many clothes and bedclothes I had on—I couldn’t get warm. Mom used to have the same problem. She would get up and eat a piece of chocolate, if she had any, and a few nuts. The chocolate elicited the quickest response from her shivering body; the nut provided a lasting warmth. I have found that the same emergency snack does wonders for my freezing frame—if I can manage to shed my covers and go into the kitchen and fetch the snack.

I suggested we eat at 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. That should be late enough to prevent the low blood sugar troubles. I envisioned us sitting down at table precisely at ten and four sharp. Sylvia agreed, imagining that she would start meal preparations around ten and four. The net result is often that I go into the kitchen at the stated times and offer to make potato salad or Spanish rice or mac-and-cheese. She used to groan at my suggestion. Now she encourages me—it’s something she doesn’t have to decide on.

We have managed to adhere to the 2-meals-per-day regimen very well. We don’t do it religiously, of course. Since spending some time this summer at Uchee Pines Lifestyle Center, we are eating a vegan menu, too. We have also maintained this successfully, but also not religiously. Net result is I am 21 pounds lighter now than I was on New Year’s last year!

What is your New Year's Resolution? With God's and my wife's help we made this one stick. Make one for yourself, pray about it, and get someone else to help you. You can make yours stick, too.

Lord, this year teach me to love as You do.

 

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