Christmas Wish 2014 

So how did Christmas Wish go this year?!?! AMAZINGLY!!! God is sooo good! We started out with only 4 wishes that we were going to try to grant and the giving was slow-coming...then God did some amazing things through YOU the Listeners! Because of last-minute generosity, KLMP was able to bless not only those original 4 wishes BUT 3 more that were on the "back-burner"!!! Go to the Christmas Wish page at klmp.com for all of the stories and to hear how the Nominees reacted to receiving their blessings!!! THANK YOU ALL!!! Hallelujah!

New Year's Devotional by Scott Walker

So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. Psalm 90:12

Last night I stopped at a restaurant for dinner. I was alone and brought my datebook to plan for the next day. After ordering, I gazed at the datebook and realized that this year was almost over. I flipped slowly through the pages of past days and weeks and reviewed the last twelve months.

I was amazed to discover all that can happen in a year: I had accepted a new professional position and moved from Texas to Georgia. Beth and I had witnessed the wedding vows of our first child Drew and welcomed our daughter-in-law Katie Alice into our family. Our son Luke had entered the insurance industry, and our daughter Jodi had graduated from Furman University. Somewhere in the middle of all this, I counseled with dozens of students, preached sermons, conducted funerals and wrote a book. These were just the major events; most of my hours were spent in the routines of living: sleeping, eating, exercise, repairing my car, mowing the lawn, preparing our income tax returns, going to movies, and all the other unremarkable events that fill everyone's days and nights.

As my food arrived, I realized that the real question confronting me wasn't, How did I spend last year? but How will I spend the next? How will I use the most precious of God's gift-life and time?

I can make long lists of things to accomplish and commit myself to New Year's resolutions. But I really need to do only two things: Love God with all that I am, and love my neighbor as much as I love myself. This is all that really matters.

Lord, keep me from seeing my days as something I own but rather as a gift that comes from You.