Given all that you’ve suffered through this year, you deserve an extreme home makeover; one that involves construction on the interior, exterior and landscaping of your physiological house – your spirit, soul and mind. As 2009 draws to a close, leave that old house with its cracks, creaks and leaks. A new dawn breaks just over the 2010 horizon. It’s time to start feeling good again because God’s got some great things in store for you. Get ready to move into your newly expanded home.

Not all fairy tales end happily, not all days are sunny, and not all efforts result in success. Just like we are conditioned to prepare for the weatherman’s prediction of “a chance of rain” by carrying an umbrella, we need to prepare for life’s prediction of “a chance of failure” by preparing a contingency plan.

Fear would have us believe that we incapable of achievement. By listening to the testimonies of “guilt,” “shame,” “blame,” “humiliation,” “fault,” and “disgrace”, we convince ourselves that we are at fault and an issue a death sentence before all the evidence is presented and final arguments made. However, we must remember that we (as defendants) have rights, too. We are presumed innocent until proven guilty.