Make the Most of 2009

The New Year is often the only time of the year that people get serious about making a change in their lives. Some commit to exercising more. Some make bold career goals. Some want to be a better husband, wife, father, or mother.

Personally, I've been challenged by one man lately. His name is Jonathan Edwards, a pastor and theologian in the 1700s. He's actually considered to be one of the greatest thinkers in American history. Recently, as I was reading a biography of Edwards, I stumbled across some resolutions he made as a young man. Here are a merely a few:

> Resolved, never to lose one moment of time; but improve it the most
profitable way I possibly can.

> Resolved, to live with all my might, while I do live.

> Resolved, never to do anything, which I should be afraid to do, if it
were the last hour of my life.

> Resolved, that I will do whatsoever I think to be most to
God' s glory.

I don't know about you, but I look at these resolutions and am challenged to make the most of 2009. What have you resolved to do in 2009? This year, you can bet that there will be plenty of things that will attempt to distract you and me from living the life God intends. The important question for us is...

How will we stay focused on God and make the most of 2009?