A new year - the same hope

 It is almost time to think about 2021.  I say almost because we are not quite through Christmas.  But the new year is just around the corner, and for many, it cannot come too soon.  I have heard a lot of frustration and angst about 2020 and for good reason - a pandemic, a lot of loss and pain suffered by individuals that I know, a lot of loneliness and isolation.  And in the midst of all of that we want to leave and exit and get to something new and better.

I find it interesting that people hope for a better new year simply because it is a new year.  There is no magic that happens on December 31st at 11:59 that makes 2021 miraculously better.  There will be new and different challenges.  There will be new frustrations and new pain.  And yet there is hope.  Ironically it is the same hope that is available now and has been for all of 2020.  The hope is in Jesus.  And Jesus never changes.  So place your hope in something that does not change.  Place your hope in something that cannot and will not go away.  Put your hope in the new year in Jesus Christ and in Him alone.  And if you do this, you will not be disappointed.  You will still have pain, you may still suffer, but you will not be disappointed because Jesus does not fail.