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From the Minister's Study
The New Year is a time for reflection
BY REV. ROGER GELWICKS
BLYTH CHRISTIAN REFORMED
CHURCH
The Christmas and New Year's
Season can be a busy time of the
year. We spend extra time buying
Christmas presents. We visit with
family and friends. We attend a
party or two. It is really a time of
celebration and enjoyment. And
often in the hustle and bustle we
don't take time to reflect on life
itself.
But traditionally New Year's has
been considered a time of reflec-
tion. At New Year's we make new
resolutions. At the changing of the
year we evaluate what has happen-
ed over the past year and make
changes for the next. Of course,
many ^esolutions that are made are
quite insignificant. And within a
week's time we have forgotten that
they were ever made. But that is
not true of all resolutions. A lot of
thought and reflection have gone
into some New Year's decisions.
But such serious reflection on
life and our own life styles are not
the normal pattern today. Why is
that? Why do we spend so little
time reflecting on life, on our goals
for life, and the purpose and
meaning of our own life, and even
the relationships we have with
other people? It seems that life can
pass us by without us even giving a
thought to what is happening. Is
this unimportant that we take time
to reflect on our lives? !don't think
anyone of us would want to admit to
that. To each one of us our life is
very important.
We just don't take the time to
consider and weigh our lives. We
live in a "hurry up" society. There
are so many things to fill our lives
that it seems that there is little time
left for reflection. The responsibil-
ity of being a doctor, farmer,
housewife or minister are becom-
ing increasingly more time con-
suming. And even when we do
have free time there are so many
activities to fill our schedules.
But if we really come right down
to it the fact that we don't reflect on
life is more than a problem of not
having enough time. It is really a
matter of priorities. Although we
know that our lives, and the shape
and direction they take are import-
ant we allow other things to have
the priority over life reflection. We
leave undone the things that we
should do in order to fill our lives
with other things. In fact it has
been said that mankind's greatest
danger in our society is to let the
urgent things crowd out the
important things. We live in a
constant tension between the
urgent and important. The prob-
lem is though, that the important
things can often be put off for
Meals on
Wheels
holds banquet
The Christmas banquet for the
Brussels Meals on Wheels partici-
pants and volunteers was on
Tuesday, December 10 at noon at
the Brussels, Morris and Grey
arena. The volunteers were recog-
nized for their dedicated and
enthusiastic service. A program
featuring local talent provided the
entertainment.
Meals on Wheels has been
operating in Brussels since 1982.
Presently we are serving 30 to 40
seniors every Tuesday. For further
information you can call 887-6112.
New participants and persons
interested in volunteering are
always welcome.
another time. Whereas the urgent
things can not be put off. And so we
put off the important task of
reflecting on the meaning and
purpose of our own life.
Perhaps the problem goes deep-
er than not giving time to life
reflection. Maybe we don't want or
are afraid to reflect on the meaning
of our own life. Maybe we
recognize that we will find an
empty void and we would be forced
to face an ultimately meaningless
existence.
But God did not intend for people
to live apart from meaning and
purpose. And God intended that
man would experience His love.
That is why God sent his Son Jesus
Christ into our world. As we
identify our lives with Jesus Christ
we can experience God's love,
purpose and meaning for life.
As we come into the New Year
take some time to seriously reflect
on your life. Think about your life in
terms of purpose, ultimate mean-
ing and direction. And if you are
not satisfied may I suggest that you
seek out a Christian church that
exalts the Bible as God's authorita-
tive word. There you will find the
answers for a meaningful and
purposeful life.
Have a wonderful New Year and
may it be full of good resolutions.
Blyth Christian
Reformed Church
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Rev. Roger Gelwicks
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