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A New You: 2020 Optics – Erwin McManus

Mosaic - Erwin McManus

Mosaic - Erwin McManus

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.81.4K Ratings

🗓️ 6 January 2020

⏱️ 47 minutes

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"2020 Optics” message given by Erwin McManus at Mosaic Hollywood, 1/5/2020 at the 8pm gathering.

For more information, visit mosaic.org. © MOSAIC / Erwin McManus. #20200105

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0:00.0

2020, an epic year, the beginning not only of a new year.

0:15.0

Epic year, the beginning not only of a new year, but a new decade. And I think it's always fascinating how we humans, we love those transitions.

0:21.0

They always give us just a little bit of hope that this year could be different.

0:25.6

How many have already thought that to yourself?

0:28.2

This year it's going to be different.

0:30.5

And you don't want to remember you said that in 219 and that you said that in 218 that you said it a few times along the way

0:36.3

But it's okay because this year it's not like last year. It's not like when you said it last year. This year's different

0:42.1

But I can tell you that if you want this year to be different,

0:46.0

you have to do something different.

0:50.0

And so if we're going to step into the future that we long for,

0:53.6

we have to begin to ask the question,

0:57.6

how in the world can I ever create a new future

1:00.0

if I don't find a way to create a new man. I love decades. Every time I've gotten older, I love getting older.

1:11.0

Yeah, there are people who try to hide it, people who they get rid of the wrinkles and get rid of the gray and not me. I earned every wrinkle. I am proud of every wrinkle and I mean there are people in LA they can't even express emotions

1:26.9

because they have no wrinkles left and it's just not natural. See I want you to know that every

1:31.8

wrinkle came from from laughter or from tears it came from astonishment or or distress every tear every wrinkle every mark every scar

1:45.0

came through an experience of life. And my wife, Kim, she's always trying to find a way to get me to shave and she always

1:50.1

say things like, wow, your beard is white. Wow, you look old when you have a beard.

1:56.6

And I always just respond to I am old.

1:59.1

And that's why I look old.

2:01.0

And I never felt overwhelmed by a decade, but I got to tell you 61, it kind of kicked me to the curve. This has been a tough year. I started feeling it. I started wondering, wow, I wonder if this is the year, where I start really deteriorating at a rapid rate.

2:15.4

And in one year everyone says, wow, remember last year.

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