The Danish Lutheran Church of Vancouver, B.C.

President’s Report - From the Board

The New Year is upon us. Resolutions, plans, fresh outlooks.

I pray each of you will grow in your relationship to Christ over this next year. I want to leave you to ponder one of my favorite quotes for morning contemplation. It is written by Max Lucado (b. 1955) who is a best-selling author and minister in San Antonio, Texas.

Free to Choose by Max Lucado (1999)
The day is coming. In a few moments the stillness of the dawn will be exchanged for the noise of the day. For the next twelve hours I will be exposed to the day’s demands. It is now that I must make a choice. Because of Calvary, I’m free to choose. And so I choose.

I CHOOSE LOVE – No occasion justifies hatred; no injustice warrants bitterness. I choose love. Today I will love God and what God loves.

I CHOOSE JOY – I will invite my God to be the God of circumstance. I will refuse to see any problem as anything less than an opportunity to see God.

I CHOOSE PEACE – I will live forgiven. I will forgive so that I may live.

I CHOOSE PATIENCE – I will overlook the inconveniences of the world. Instead of cursing the one who takes my place, I’ll invite him to do so.

I CHOOSE KINDNESS – I will be kind to the poor, for they are alone. Kind to the rich, for they are afraid. And kind to the unkind, for such is how God has treated me.

I CHOOSE GOODNESS – I will go without a dollar before I take a dishonest one. I will be overlooked before I will boast.

I CHOOSE FAITHFULNESS – Today I will keep my promises. My associates will not question my word. My wife will not question my love. And my children will never fear that their father will not come home.

I CHOOSE GENTLENESS – If I raise my voice may it be only in praise. If I clench my fist, may it be only in prayer. If I make a demand, may it be only of myself.

I CHOOSE SELF-CONTROL – I will be drunk only by joy. I will be impassioned only by my faith. I will be influenced only by God. I will be taught only by Christ.

Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. To these I commit my day.

Robert Taylor, President | president@danishchurch.vancouver.bc.ca

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