I want something new

I want something new!

 Isn’t that what we’re all saying upon this season of mega-advertising? I want something new! Apparently, I need the newer, bigger, brighter – and didn’t realize it. We are flooded with ads on the internet, flyers in our postal mail, all over the television. And I agree. I want something new – for me!

 I want to be the one who slows down so somebody can merge onto the highway without fear. I’ve done it on occasion, but I want it to be a part of a new me. And I want to be the one who lets someone “cut” ahead of me in the grocery check-out line because they have fewer items. I want to be the one who bakes and decorates sugar cookies for the one who’s been too ill or too busy to do themselves. I want to be the one who sends a card to the shut-ins or the vets or the soldiers overseas. I want to be the one who brushes the snow off the car next to mine in the parking lot. I want to slip a note to the postal carrier and let them know I’m praying for them as they walk and drive on the winter roads. I want to take someone out for one of those seasonal fancy coffees.

Yeah. I want something new… I want a kinder, gentler world. Lord, let it begin with me.

 

• It’s a real treat to know you!
• God will take care of you!
• You come to mind often and I say a prayer for you.