By Jennifer Valentine-Miller

Happy New Year and do you have any resolutions for this New Year? To stay in shape, to find someone new, or properly appreciate what we have?

Many people don’t Subscribe to ‘New Year, New You’

The “starting over trend” saturate our newsfeeds, along with articles filled a shopping load for self-improvement. If we fell short last year, we can always try again next year. New year, new you!

What does “new you” mean Oxford defines new as this: “not existing before; recently made, invented, introduced, etc.” New Year, new you literally means beginning the year as a completely new person. I don’t know what you think, but to me that sounds a little off. If I were to start the year completely unaffected by my past, who would I be? And what in the world would possess me to toss all of those memories in the trash bin?

Instead of Thinking ‘New Year, New You’…

It seems we only want to start the year anew when we feel the last was, well, less than satisfactory. It’s not when things are sailing smoothly. In life, it’s during the hard times that we expand our strength and courage. Beginning the new year as a new you would be abandoning the possibility of your moment of glory. Psalm 100:4: As we start the new year, we should give thanks to God and praise Christ in all circumstances.