St. Matthews Anglican Church - Riverview, Florida
St Matthews Newsletter - March 2004
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. (2Cor: 5:17 KJV) One of the things I like about starting a new year is the feeling of a new beginning. After preparing ourselves by contemplated introspection to celebrate our Lord's birth and to anticipate His second coming again during Advent, we can consider the new year an opportunity to make resolutions that will help each of us to live a better life, be a better person and servant of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. The New Year also gives us the ability to correct mistakes that were made during the previous year. It is an opportunity to heal old wounds and to seek forgiveness of those we have offended or to make peace with those who have offended us. Guilt and unforgiveness often act like spiritual cancers of the soul that destroy the quality of one's life no matter what the cause. The offender's life is degraded by the actions that break fellowship with the one offended and with God through his sin. The victim's life is degraded when he allows the present and the future to be affected by the events of the past. One of the best ways to take advantage of the new start with a new year is to plan objectives and set priorities for the year. Setting goals for the year helps one to define what one would like to do or accomplish during the year. It helps one to stay on track and gives one a way to measure progress toward the goals that were set. Our goals should include ones that strengthen us spiritually and enable us to be better servants of our Lord, as well as those that are vocational, financial, educational and recreational. Spiritual goals include how much time one spends in prayer, bible study, volunteer work and in worship at church. When one sets goals of this sort he will find that he will sense the presence of God in all he does or experiences throughout the year. In Christ's Service, Father Bill
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