Winter covers us like a blanket.
The short days, the chilling winds, possibly even snow … the world around us seems dead, a black-and-white movie now scratched and barely flickering with old memories.
The flowers dangle at the ends of their stems. The tree leaves are scattered over the ground. The grass is brown.
We need our face in the sun, yet it is nowhere to be found. We feel as chilled inside as the world outside our window.
Then come the dark thoughts of who we used to be, the mistakes that haunt our memories, and the times we should have done better.
Isaiah 43:18-19 says that who you used to be is not who you are. Where you’ve traveled is not where you are walking now. The hurts you remember no longer apply to you.
“Remember not the former things, nor consider the things of old. Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.”
Rip that blanket from your life.
The days are growing longer, the sun washes the fields, and warmth is once again your friend and companion.
We must package up our past and set it on a shelf. We can’t let it become the lens of our life. It’s an old movie set, filming has wrapped, and the soundstage is broken down and cleared away.
Turn off the reruns and join God’s new production. Your fresh start is springing forth. God has made a way for you, so rejoice in it!
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