It’s the last day of the year. It’s time to make resolutions. It’s time to set ourselves up for failure and loss of self-esteem. At least that is what happens to me when I make a list of resolutions. I never make it to February before they are all thorns in my ego. So instead of a list of resolutions I want to make a list of wishes.
#1 I wish I could eat a normal amount of food without gaining weight.
#2 I wish I could watch television without commercials.
#3 I wish I could get the benefits of a five-mile walk by sitting in my favorite chair.
#4 I wish I could be thirty again but still know what I know now.
#5 I wish all my family (sons, sisters, nephews, nieces, grandchildren) will be smart enough to accept Jesus’ extremely generous offer.
#6 I wish conservatives and liberals would respect each other’s ideas.
#7 I wish people with guns would only shoot bad guys.
#8 I wish a cure for all kinds of cancer would be discovered in 2014.
#9 I wish people would stop blowing up themselves and others.
#10I wish this was the year John 14:1-4 would happen.
And finally – I wish television preachers would stop begging for money.
Wishes are much better than resolutions. When next December comes and my wishes haven’t happened my self-esteem will still be intact. And it goes without saying, “Jesus still loves us.” I have a suspicion that Jesus has a wish list. I think some of the things on my list are on His.
Written by Roger Bothwell on December 31, 2013
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