Jan 9 2006 Resolutions

"The object of a New Year is not that we should have a new year. It is that we should have a new soul and a new nose; new feet, a new backbone, new ears, and new eyes. Unless a particular man made New Year resolutions, he would make no resolutions. Unless a man starts afresh about things, he will certainly do nothing effective. Unless a man starts on the strange assumption that he has never existed before, it is quite certain that he will never exist afterwards. Unless a man be born again, he shall by no means enter into the Kingdom of Heaven." --G.K.Chesterton


Its a little late to be pontificating on new years resolutions (8 days to late)but I figured what the heck better late than never :)
Anyways,

I have always had trouble with New Year's resolutions. I mean, why should I resolve to do something better only once a year. After the New Year, people are always asking others "what's your N.Y'S. resolution?" Its usually some trite thing like; "I'm going to lose weight." or something vague and general like; " I'm going to be more understanding." or something equally as ambiguous. Who remembers these things when we are a couple of weeks or so into the year? I certainly don't. After being resubmerged into the day to day struggles of life after the relative escapism of the Holidays those "resolutions" seem to fall by the wayside. I think that instead of a yearly resolution we should all endeavor to improve day to day.
May be the news papers across the country should all have a reminder atop their front page that says "what's your New Day resolution?" I should reaffirm on a daily basis my commitment to living as God intended.

As Ralph Waldo Emerson put it
"The characteristic of a genuine heroism is its persistency. All men have
wandering impulses, fits and starts of generosity. But when you have resolved
to be great, abide by yourself, and do not weakly try to reconcile yourself
with the world. The heroic cannot be the common, nor the common the heroic."


As a Christians I have an obligation to God to live by his Commands. As the Christian "faith" is a client-patron relationship (God being our patron) I have a duty as clients, who have receive grace from our God, to follow his law.
What this takes is a bearing of my cross daily.
We are all temporal creatures, we live in the present. Being Honorable is about what I am going to do NOW. The past is the past, and if you are a Christian, in God's eyes your past sins are gone and when you resolve to live honorable what you will do or say now is of the utmost importance. This is not to say that the past does not affect the present, for certainly it does. What I am saying is that your personal honor is contingent on what you do now.

My New Day resolution:
Live Honorably and so fullfill my obligation.