A new year is always a great quandry of emotions for me. Do you look back at what was great and not so great in 2004? Do you loook ahead at what could be and lofty expectations?
Regret and hope. Pride and fear. Excitement and Anxiousness.
Here are my hopes for 2005.
1. I hope Mark Edwards keeps stretching me to thin places.
2. I hope Grace takes a couple of bold moves to reach a post-modern/post Gen X culture.
3. I hope every life group gets to witness a new life in Christ birthed in their midst.
4. I hope Cooper beats me in chess.
5. I hope I become a better communicator of Jesus’ story.
6. I hope Star Wars III is good enough to redeem the other 2.
7. I hope U2 comes to Little Rock or Memphis.
8. I hope technology becomes a larger tool for us in reaching the lost.
9. I hope my brother-in-law’s family thrives in Budapest, seeing nationals come to know Jesus.
10. I hope the Tibetan church explodes with new life in Christ.
Happy New Year, gang.
Good thoughts. You remind me and motivate me to stop and think my own thoughts for the coming year.