New
Beginnings
"Therefore,
if anyone is in Christ,
he
is a new creation;
the
old has gone,
the
new has come!”
(2
Corinthians 5:17)
Today is the first day of the rest of your life; believe
in it. We have a great chance every day to start over. Yesterday is past,
tomorrow the future and today is a gift from God. It is up to us how we are
going to use it; carry around our old baggage or go out and harvest new joys.
It is our choice.
To use a golf analogy, life is like match play, hole by
hole versus day by day. A bad golf hole in match play does not cost you the
match, it counts as one of eighteen! In life, a bad day is painful and
certainly not wanted and may contribute to a bad week. However, it can be a
bottom and life can be all uphill from there, or not. We can turn bad into
good.
One of the benefits I get out of writing these is the
phone calls and emails from readers. A year ago my mobile rang and it was a
non-recorded number. I was way too busy to answer a call from someone I did not
know and was going to let it ring through. The old softie in me answered after
four rings and it was from an old friend and Good News buddy. She was having a
really bad day and visited the God is My Spinach blog looking for relief. She
found my messages and the first one she opened applied to her issue. She made
my day by calling to say thanks for being there.
If you are reading this today you are on the right track
and giving yourself the opportunity for a better day. Meditation and prayer will
jump start your day and open the window to the light of our faith.
Thought for Today: Today let us start a new beginning and reach out and help
another do the same.
Prayer for Today: Heavenly Father we give you thanks for our many blessings and
especially for a new day. Today we pray that we capture the joys of life that
you lead us to and that we may help someone else also find them.
Amen
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