The new year is always a good time to take stock, to look over your life. And this is especially important if you call yourself a Christian. Why do you follow Christ? Are you serving him in the right ways and for the right reasons? We are called to lives that are radically different from the world, and often radically difficult. And so we need to be reminded why we serve in the first place. We need to determine if we're living the life he has called us to. And we need to see and feel again the hope of the gospel. May the Word wash over us this week.