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God Got The World’s Attention
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by Pam Walker
od knows exactly how to get our
God got the world’s attention when He sent us
attention. God reaches out to us, and if
His only Son to save us from our sins. Christmas,
we are wise enough to be in the moment,
when we celebrate the birth of Jesus, stands by
we will be aware of His presence. We will be keenly aware when God gets our attention, and we will see it for the phenomenal blessing it is. Every year, instead of New Year’s Resolutions, I decide on a theme for the forthcoming year. Sometimes it is a single word on which I can focus and which will
itself magnificent and unmatched by anything
inspire me in the year to come. One day, in late
that has happened in the history of the world.
August, I suddenly knew what my 2021 theme
Jesus Himself came to dwell among men. With a
would be. “Thrive! Let your light shine and do not
richness like that to celebrate, we could hardly fail
merely survive!” I was very inspired by that and
to know that God got our attention.
wrote about it in my journal. I didn’t just happen think of it. God got my attention. 34 // December 2020
About The Author
to think of that. The Holy Spirit enabled me to
Pam Walker, a native of Rome, is a paralegal at Vaughn & Clements PC in Calhoun. She is a local columnist for the Rome News-Tribune. Pam and her husband, Stan, are members of Dykes Creek Baptist Church in Rome. Readers may email her at pamterrellwalker@gmail.com.
