So another year has come and gone.  In a few short minutes, we will all be ringing in the new year of 2012.  Wow! It is hard to believe that 2011 is over…

In regards to New Years, I have never really understood the hype.  Growing up, I saw people get all geeked out for a ball dropping out of the sky with the turning of a second.  Family and friends got so excited and wanted to “celebrate” the new year.  I’ve just never understood why people go so excited…big deal another year has come and gone…haha.

I was talking to my wife, Mel about this very thing earlier this evening and how I did not understand why people get so stoked about New Years.  As she does so often, she offered a very interesting perspective to set me straight.  She went on to explain how so many people are always looking for something more.  They see New Years as a new start–they begin new things/resolutions, and they see the new year as a chance to start over.  The sad thing is that a new, fresh start can’t be found in the ticking of a second to dawn a new year or a ball drop but rather can only come from Jesus.

Wow!  She is so right! I have never thought of it like that. We as people always look for a fresh start–an opportunity to start things new.  That’s what is so appealing about the new year-that’s what is so appealing about anything new for that matter.

Anyway, I just wanted to share that on New Years.  I for one will look at New Years differently from now on–a chance to point to the Gospel and the grace of God.  Know that a true, fresh start can only come through Jesus.