Now that the holiday season has come to a close, there is that ‘new’ feeling in the air. A new day, a new month, a new year, and a new decade. What changes will this year hold? What new things will come into my life this year?

On the first day of January, I was reading in my Bible and just talking to God about things. Things that I know may happen this year and asking about other things to come. I found myself asking God to show me a scripture that I could use as my ‘verse for the year’ so to speak. He showed me Hebrews 12:1, Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us.

Last year, in my own life, I felt many times as though there were things weighing me down from doing what God wanted me to do and from reaching my full potential. I sometimes felt weighed down spiritually and other times physically. I can’t tell you the instant joy and peace that swept over me when He showed me this verse! It was as if He was saying, I know what last year was like, but it’s time to lay it all aside and RUN!

Whatever weighed you down last year ~ lay it down. Whatever kept you from reaching out to get your miracle last year ~ lay it down. Whatever held you back from getting your blessing last year ~ lay it down! We all have things in our lives that weigh us down. It’s time to lay it ALL aside. God has a race that He has set before us. It’s time in 2010 to lay it ALL aside and RUN this race.