Embrace The New!

Good Morning! It's another day.  And with this new day comes opportunity ... the opportunity to EMBRACE what's "New".   What I am learning about life, is that, new, has an entirely different meaning in my life today, then it did in the past.  It's not defined by a new outfit, shoes, handbag, hairstyle, a car or home.  It is opportunity.  A new opportunity to right my wrongs, start over from a bad situation, set new goals and accomplish them.  New can be whatever you create it to be - just take the opportunity!

New things happen all the time around us.  But, maybe, because it's package differently from the way that we think it should look or want it, we don't recognize it.  Our days are lived in cycles.  Cycles of chaos, drama, busyness, depression, overload; cycles of unbalance.  And each day we get up, we continue the cycles. I know that's how it used to be for me ... until the Lord step in! Then, those cycles were broken and I began to recognize the "New" and the opportunities that came with it.

When I received salvation, that was "new".  And I was now given the opportunity to know the Lord and live my life for Him.  When I made the choice to deal with my past and give it over to the Lord, I now had an opportunity to receive deliverance and healing.  When I showed the Lord my heart, and how badly it was bruised and broken ... damaged; I gain the opportunity to love again ... it was "New."  If I didn't embrace the "New" and grab hold of the opportunities that came with it, I wouldn't be NEW.  For me, I have to embrace newness, it is what changed my life!!!

Maybe things in your life is the same-ole-same-ole; maybe, you can't stop the cycles from spinning, maybe, your mind is running on a emotional time bomb, waiting to blow at any moment; like mine was.  But maybe, just maybe; if you choose to recognize the opportunity for something "new"; you can break the cycles and have peace.  I don't know what your "NEW" will look like and what it will entail.  For me, my newness was attached to receiving Jesus, as my Lord and Savior.  When I got to my lowest point, I recognized that it was only HIM, that could give me something different, something "New".  And that difference was life changing!

So as you embark on this "new" journey, recognize the opportunities that come with it.  You see, for me, everyday; I have a "new opportunity to pray and believe for my daughter's total surrenderance to the Lord. I have another opportunity to love my husband better than I did yesterday, to ask for forgiveness when I have messed up.  I have a "new" opportunity to recognize my weaknesses and turn them over to the Lord.  Everyday, I have a "new" opportunity to put balance in my life; to finish a project, to accomplish even the smallest goal, to re-budget and sustain a future, to apologize to my kids because I was too busy for them the night before.  Everyday, I have a "new" opportunity to embrace what the Lord has put in front of me to accomplish, and recognize that HE is my strength to do it in.

I want to encourage you today; "embrace the new"! Apologize to your spouse; even if it's something you don't normally do. And do it, with no expectations.  Love your children, even if they have hurt you and disappointed you for the hundredth time, I know how that feels ... been there!  Be thankful for your job, and look for what might be "new" there for you.  And if you really want to try something "new" ... recognize, that you are on your way to being a "New" you and stop focusing on who you just were yesterday.  Start thinking "new" ... doing "new." Get into prayer, seek the Lord for HIS guidance, get a good daily devotion that lifts up the Lord and not just you. I recommend Sarah Young's "Jesus Calling" daily devotion.  Start journaling; so, as you allow the Lord to do something "new" in you; you have a memoir of your life-changing event.

Remember, surrender all ...
Tynisha