Monday, December 31, 2007
The craziest New Year's Eve I've ever had was when my friend John and I celebrated the stroke of midnight on Chicago's Navy Pier. We were squished shoulder-to-shoulder into a narrow space with a huge crowd. Still, it was exciting and fun.
But, then the night turned scary. The crowd got rowdy and violent. They bashed in an antique car on display, rolled it over onto its side and tried to push it into Lake Michigan! Luckily, the cops arrived and everything settled down.
I'll be honest: I was tempted to think of those rowdy people as downright bad people. But then I realized that by the next New Year's Eve, they could be completely different people. Every year, every day, every minute is a chance to start over and try again. No, I didn't try to push a car into a lake, but I'm still not perfect. In fact, every year I look back and thank God for the ways he's helped me grow and change for the better.
How have you grown in Christ this year?
We thought it'd be good to remember at the beginning of this new year that God is all around us, and so we're posting an article called "I Saw the Invisible". We're also posting an advice question about starting over despite a secret past.
Have a great New Year.
Todd Hertz
for IYF
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 I Saw the Invisible
An "interview" with a mystery biblical character who really knows God is all around us.
by Todd Hertz
One hard-to-grasp thing about the Bible is the idea that there are actually two worlds: the world we see, and a supernatural world we can't see. To try and make sense of this whole supernatural thing, we interviewed a biblical character who actually saw the unseen—and lived to tell about it.
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Judging by the odd dream I had last night, I must have fallen asleep watching one of those late-night infomercials. (Or maybe I shouldn't have had that midnight burrito.) At any rate, my subconscious was definitely influenced by years of watching those commercial programs where excitable British men rant and rave about gizmos like The Cucumber Chopper 2200: It slices! It dices! It cleans your room! And improves your GPA!
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- Generally content: 16%
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- Stressed out by family issues: 8%
- Praise-filled: 8%
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- Excited to serve others: 3%
- Generally discontent: 3%
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