As we celebrate Lunar New Year, I recall my experiences of the celebration during my childhood whereby this was the only time of the year when we are able to get new clothing. However, I guess besides getting new clothes, changing new curtains and putting up new decorations in the house, the celebration of New Year was not so much a celebration of total newness only but rather a celebration of RENEWAL.
With the New Year, we are given the time and opportunity to recall the past, make new resolutions and most importantly to start anew for whatever we have failed to do in the past year. Sometimes, we make a lot of new resolutions which we never successfully achieve. For instance, my New Year resolution was to lose weight but with the good food on the table during the celebrations, the resolution of the year was always postponed for the next year. Thus, with lots of past experiences, pending matters to be settled in life, our New Year celebrations definitely is not a celebration of total newness but a celebration to remind us and to invite us to renew our lives.
Surely, in this process we need our Saviour to lead us and to guide us so that we may persevere and have the wisdom to acknowledge Him as the only guide in our life’s journey of constant renewal. The writer of the canticle (1Chron 29: 10-13) beautifully expresses it: “Both riches and honour come from you, and you rule over all.” Yes, only through His strength are we able to regain wisdom and courage to renew our life.......without fear!”
Happy Lunar New Year! Wishing you NEWNESS in Christ through our RENEWAL in HIM!
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Stay tuned for the next post by Br David Arulanatham on 09th Feb 2011.
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