a great goal for the new year (from Don Miller's blog)

As we prepare for the Christmas season, may our hearts resonate the drum-beats of the prophets of old, and may our songs celebrate the King who has come. As Heather Thomas reminded us during our talk, God has told us our story, and if we believe and change our hearts, His story will change everything within us. Our King has truly come, even as a baby, and made His home with us to declare Himself as our King, to usher in the coming of His Kingdom, and to go and prepare a land for us even as He did with the Israelites. May we, who have been grafted into His Kingdom, find a renewed vision for loyalty to Him for coming to save us and guide us in charity, grace and truth. May we get caught up in His story, believe that it is true, change as a reaction to that belief, and get ourselves and our families caught up in that beautiful story.