“And though your beginning was small, your latter days will be very great.” (Job 8:7)

My how we’ve grown!

While getting together with our family during the recent holidays, Susan and I marveled at how large our family has grown—and is still growing—from just two of us over fifty years ago to having adult children with children who are also growing up with partners of their own to add to our numbers. We feel so blessed to watch it happen! All of this didn’t happen overnight, even though it does feel like it happened in a flash. Life is like that; little things eventually grow into bigger things if we simply keep at it and don’t quit.

New Year’s Resolutions

At the beginning of a new year, it's common to make resolutions such as losing weight, breaking bad habits, and resolving to accomplish big things. But it usually doesn't take long for reality to sink in and old habits to creep back in, and soon they’re abandoned out of discouragement.

It doesn't have to be that way with your relationship with God!

God promises to help you have a growing relationship with Him which will in turn affect every other area of your life in wonderful ways! Look what this verse says about God’s faithfulness to make it happen.

“And I am certain that God, who began the good work within you, will continue his work until it is finally finished on the day when Christ Jesus returns.” (Phil. 1:6 NLT)

“God will make this happen, for he who calls you is faithful.” (1 Thess. 5:24 NLT) 

Therefore

“But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.” (3 Peter 3:18 ESV)