Perhaps, it’s because I’m carrying a burden on my back. An invisible burden that I want to be forgiven for. And even when this person forgives me — I don’t know if I’ll be able to receive it. Maybe this is fair retribution for all the pain I’ve caused with my mistakes. I guess it’s an appropriate burden to bear until things are right again.

My goal is God Himself, not joy nor peace;

Nor even blessing, but Himself, my God.

‘Tis His to lead me there, not mine but His…

At any cost, dear Lord, by any road.

So faith bounds forward to its goal in God,

and love can trust her Lord to lead her there.

Upheld by Him, my soul is foll’wing hard,

Till God hath full fulfilled my deepest prayer.

No matter if the way be sometimes dark,

No matter though the cost be oft-times great,

He knoweth how I best shall reach the mark,

The way that leads to Him must needs be straight.

One thing I know, I cannot say Him nay;

One thing I do, I press on towards my Lord.

My God, my Glory here from day to day,

And in the glory there, my Great Reward.

- Frederick Brook

Much of the theological framework needed to understand the significance of Jesus’ coming, life and death was put in place by Moses in his writing, and perhaps above all in Deuteronomy. For it is here that the theology of blessing and curse which lies at the heart of Jesus’ sin-bearing work is first articulated. It is here that the hopelessness of humanity trapped in sin, even when chosen by God, is exposed. It is here that the prospect of a divine intervention so radical that it changes people at the very core of their being first appears. (New Dictionary of Biblical Theology, pp. 164-165)

A spaceship coming back to earth needs to be very exact in it’s angle of re-entry, or else it wont be coming home at all.

If you miss by a millimeter, you miss by a mile.

This new year, don’t make plans and ask God to conform to your wishes. Instead, ask God what his plans are for you. Make sure your Spiritual trajectory is on the right path, and if it’s not then remember to make adjustments (go get it energized). Reflect regularly and ask for God’s leadership.