While in a certain sense arbitrary, the dates changing and our year "new," creates openings for fresh starts, new creations and the relinquishing of past problems. Dates, times and the passage of time are all assigned by human design. A thousand years is the same as one day to God. We have created the start of the calendar, the years, the days, the hours and the seconds of what we call time. But there is still something special about the moments when we leave them behind as though exhaling and approach a new one, inhaling.
Since Christ was born into time, he sanctifies time, even though he is entirely, also, above time. So as I exhale, letting go of 2011, I find that I am renewed and all-the-more eager and ready for something new. One reason this is a good thing, is that we can let go harmful or burdensome things. Then we can await the spirit's inspiration, inhaling the new life of Christ.
Try this type of breathing as a spiritual exercise. Breath out the past and the burdens we should not hold onto. Then breath in the present, the new, fresh air of God's life for today. See what happens to your perspective.
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