2017 is here. Have you had the need to write out the year on a document only to find you mistakenly wrote 2016? It is always a challenge for the reality of the passage of time to sink in. “It seems like only yesterday that . . .” can be our mentality as we reflect on the past 365 days.
This time of year I always look back at the past year and look for ways God moved and how his direction impacted my life (or maybe where I missed his direction all together). I think about what went well and what didn’t. I ponder things God said to me. And I evaluate how well I listened.
But this time of year I try to set aside time to be spent dreaming about the next 365 days as well. What will God do? How will God direct me? Will things we different 365 days from now?
What about you? What are you looking forward to in 2017? How will that dream come to reality?
May I suggest you start with prayer. Spend time in prayer today asking God to reveal to you the lessons you need to learn from 2016 and the path you need to take in 2017. God’s promise is that he will never leave you. The issue is often that we are simply unaware of his presence.
Start by seeking God first and 2017 will be your best year yet!
Clay in the Hands 
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