The wind is blowing fiercely today on the eve of the New Year.  Maybe Mother Nature wants to make a parting statement when the rest of the world is simply looking forward to a new beginning.  A meteorologist  could explain where the wind gets its strength, but he probably couldn’t tell us where to get it when we need it.  If the previous year left you tired, a little broken and on your knees, there is a place you can go to refuel.  

In the New Year, you can stand strong, face forward, and expect a bright future.  “Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth.  He will not grow tired or weary, and His understanding no one can fathom.” (Isaiah 40:28)  When you get exhausted from the battles that surround you, take them straight to God.  THIS is where you can build an inner strength to allow you to remain standing in the storms of life. “He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength.  They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.” (Isaiah 40:29-31) As you think about your New Year’s resolutions, determine to give God all of your cares from last year.  Ralph Waldo Emerson said it well, “Write it on your heart that everyday is the best day in the year…This new day is too dear, with its hopes and invitations, to waste a moment on the yesterdays.” May you walk in strength today, expecting that today is going to be quite wonderful.