I don't know about the rest of y'all, but this one's for me:
This is what God says, the God who builds a road right through the ocean, who carves a path through pounding waves, The God who summons horses and chariots and armies— they lie down and then can’t get up; they’re snuffed out like so many candles: “Forget about what’s happened; don’t keep going over old history. Be alert, be present. I’m about to do something brand-new. It’s bursting out! Don’t you see it? There it is! I’m making a road through the desert, rivers in the badlands."
Isaiah 43:16-19 MSG
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I get that. Sometimes it seems I can never let go of the past. I am always rethinking it.
I am always asking God to help me with it.
Thank you for this post, Reverend. Very apt, indeed.
A safe, blessed New Year to you all.
A happy and prosperous New Year to you and yours.
Linda, remember what that other Paul wrote: "I’m not saying that I have this all together, that I have it made. But I am well on my way, reaching out for Christ, who has so wondrously reached out for me. Friends, don’t get me wrong: By no means do I count myself an expert in all of this, but I’ve got my eye on the goal, where God is beckoning us onward—to Jesus. I’m off and running, and I’m not turning back." (Phil. 3:13-14)
Thank you, Ed, and the same to you!
What a wonderful passage. It is so easy to wallow in the mistakes made in the past. And so great to know that God loves us anyway. Someone recently asked me if I were afraid of death. My answer was that there is no fear in going home.
May you and yours be well and truly blessed in this New Year.
Agreed, Vicki. Thank you very much. :)
Padre, The words you pen always make all of us think.
Thank you, Rob - that's what every Bible teacher wants to hear: it means I'm doing my job. :)
"Don't fly the airplane with your brain five miles back. Fly what you're headed toward!"
...Of course G-d said it first and best! Here's to you, and the new year, and may it be our best one yet!
Thank you, Wing. :)
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