Betwixt & Between

    So New Year is almost upon us--at least the secular new year. New Year in the Church began at Advent. What New Year resolutions will you make? What habits will you change this year?
   We live betwixt and between the Advents of Christ. Which are we closer to--the first or the second? Depending on your doctrine, it could be the second.
   For me, I'm living in a betwixt and between time.  I know I will move in June (yes, we Methodists like our summer trips to be across the conference to somewhere new).  I'm engaged in my ministry, but I don't look to start things as much as prepare things for new leadership.  Everyone wants to know where I'm going.  Speculation is a worthless commodity.  I've come to realize that I want certain things in the next appointment, but I'm reminded by the Holy Spirit of the Wesleyan Covenant prayer:
I am no longer my own, but thine.
Put me to what thou wilt, rank me with whom thou wilt.
Put me to doing, put me to suffering.
Let me be employed for thee or laid aside for thee,
exalted for thee or brought low for thee.
Let me be full, let me be empty.
Let me have all things, let me have nothing.
I freely and heartily yield all things to thy pleasure and disposal.
And now, O glorious and blessed God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit,
thou art mine, and I am thine.
So be it.
And the covenant which I have made on earth,
let it be ratified in heaven.
Amen.

Perhaps the New Years Resolution is to pray the prayer in earnest and live the prayer faithfully.

Happy New Year