The In Between

Well here we are again, the week in between two years.  A lot of us take this week to reflect on the old and make plans for the  new.

We might reflect on our mistakes, and that's ok as long as we have learned from them and not let them hold us back. We must remember that our mistakes don't define who we are.

We might reflect on our losses. There have been so many of those for so many people during this time of covid.  We have so many questions, so many whys which we may never get the answers to on this side of heaven.  I am not one for throwing scripture at people's pain because I believe that when people are experiencing loss it is not the time to be hitting them over the head with the Bible.  I can pray for you though.  For anyone who is reading this and has experienced any kind of loss this year I pray for strength to endure, peace, a calmness of spirit and a knowing that you are going to be ok. Amen.

We might take this time to reflect on the joys and blessings of the past year, all that we have to be thankful for, like weddings, births, graduations, anniversaries, healings, a job.  Maybe you were blessed with a new house or a car. The list could go on and on. You can add your own things that you are thankful for. Nothing like starting a thankful journal to lift ones spirit.

The following is from a book called God Calling:

I stand between the years. The light of my presence is flung across the year to come-the radiance of the sun of righteousness. Backward, over the past year, is My shadow thrown, hiding trouble and sorrow and disappointment.

Dwell not on the past-only on the present. Only use the past as the trees use my sunlight to absorb it, to make from it in after days the warming fire rays. So store only the blessing from Me, the light of the world.

Remember you must not see as the world sees. I hold the year in my hands-in trust for you. But I shall guide you one day at a time. Go forward unafraid.

                                                



Simply Put:
But the Lord says, 
"Do not cling to events of the past
or dwell on what happened long ago.
Watch for the new thing I am going to do.
It is happening already-you can see it now!
(Isaiah 43:18,19).

                                                         


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