Living a New Year for Christ
As we begin a new year we may reflect over the past year and wonder if
we lived up to what we had resolved last year at this time. Did
we accomplish everything we had hoped or planned to do? How many
things did we fail to do? Instead of looking back with
frustration at what we should have done, maybe we need to look forward
to a new year of living for Christ.
This new year would be
a great time to set our life on a new direction – a new center-living
for Christ! Christ comes first in our lives. His plan
replaces our own. It’s no longer what we would like to do or what
our new resolution will be but we would do what the Lord wants us to
do. We can look into 2012 and say, “Not my will, but Your will be
done!”
Living for Christ leads to peace. When Christ is at
our center then self decreases and Christ increases. A life
filled with worry and stress is changed into a life of tranquility and
peace. The lavish love of our Father for us (1 John 3:1)
brightens every spot in our sinful heart. Trials are easier to
bear and we can cling to the hope of eternal life through Christ Jesus
our Lord.
God really thinks about our lives and has a purpose of
His own for us; a place He would have us fill, work He would have us
do. If God cares enough for us to make a plan for our life, it
must be better than any plan or resolution that we would make!
How do we live for Christ? Colossians 3:12:17 tells us beautifully,
“As
God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with
compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Bear
with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against
one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. And over all
these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect
unity.
Let
the peace of Christ rule in your hearts since as members of one body
you were called to peace. And be thankful. Let the message
of Christ dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one another
with all wisdom through psalms, hymns and songs from the Spirit,
singing to God with gratitude in your hearts.
And whatever you do in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.”
Join me in recommitting your year to Christ. Continue to be in the Word, of the Word and in daily walk with your Lord. God richly bless you as you serve the Lord with gladness in 2012!
Serving our Lord with
you in 2012,
President
Cheri
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INFORMATION ABOUT OUR DISTRICT
The Michigan District LWML now includes 31 zones in the lower peninsula
and part of the upper peninsula of the state of Michigan. There are 337
congregational units and 345 societies and 7 churches with 2 or 3
societies.
The District Board of Directors meets regularly and includes elected
officers, zone presidents, pastoral counselors and appointed committee
members. There is an annual fall women’s conference that all women are
invited to attend that features leadership training. The District also
holds annual retreats for the Board and Executive Committee.
The district assembles in convention biennially during the summer of
the even years. The convention is held for the following purposes:
*spiritual rejuvenation through worship
and Bible study,
*rededication of the members,
*election of District Officers,
*selection of Mission Grants for the
following biennium,
*and to conduct the business of the
Michigan District LWML
Identity
of the LWML
- Women
express who we are in faith, word and deed
through what we do.
Growth
in the Word - Women are in the Word, of the Word, and in
daily
walk
with the Lord.
Outreach
to the World - Women are encouraged to share and direct
the
vision, mission and mites of the LWML.
"Now go; I
will help you speak
and will
teach you what to say."
Exodus 4:12
The Mission
of the Lutheran
Women’s Missionary League
is to assist each woman in The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod in
affirming her relationship with the Triune God so that she is enabled
to use her gifts in ministry to the people of the world.
The
Mission
of the Michigan District LWML Board of Directors
is to educate, advise, and inspire women of the Michigan
District in affirming their relationship to the Triune God so that they
may be enabled to use their gifts in ministry to the people of the
world.
The
Mission
of the Executive Committee of the Michigan District LWML
is to use their God-given gifts to lead and assist the Board of
Directors in transacting its business efficiently and effectively to
God’s glory.
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