y2k + 10 = ?

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Remember y2k? All of that stuff about how the world was going to stop turning?

It was New year’s Eve and I was standing in line in Winco. It was very early in the morning. There was a middle aged couple in front of me. They had three carts. One was full of charcoal, the next was full of bottled water and the third was loaded with canned food. I remember thinking how silly it all looked, but I had to admit in the back of my mind was a strong sense of wonder at what the new century held for all of us.

Well that was ten years ago now and today we seem to have all but forgotten the hysteria surrounding New Year’s Eve in 1999. The world still turns, the grass and the weeds still grow and God is still in control. He had a plan for this past decade and He has a plan for the next one and the one after that as well.

That couple in line at Winco was obviously counting on living through whatever the new year was going to throw at them and I am just as much counting on living in 2010. I’m not much for your typical new year’s resolutions, but I am a planner so here’s my plan;

I plan to spend some time each day letting God tell me who He is, how He operates and who I am in His eyes. I further plan to spend the rest of my life seeking God’s plan for my life and when I go to bed at night I plan on resting well, trusting in the knowledge that God is perfectly capable of making the world go around while I get some sleep. He did a great job with the last ten years, I plan to trust Him with the next ten also. Happy New Year! Sleep well!

Jeremiah 51:15 (MSG)

By his power he made earth. His wisdom gave shape to the world. He crafted the cosmos.