Do not remember the former things,
or consider the things of old.
I am about to do a new thing;
now it springs forth, do you not perceive it?
Each day is a new beginning, but it is this time of year-the New Year which often makes me keenly aware of the ways in which I am being called to consider a new path.
And I use that phrase deliberately. While the world is busy creating resolutions, people of faith turn toward discernment.
Discernment invites us to take what is presented in our lives, in our communities, in our faith testaments and wonder where God is. Instead of seeing a particular situation as a problem or a struggle, discernment asks the question, ‘to what is God inviting me ?’
That is why it may be important to leave aside the former things, the old ways of perceiving things. Even our old behaviors can be radically changed by the power of God to bring a ‘new thing’ to fruition.
Instead of saying, I can’t possible do that, things will never be different, the discerning heart opens to the power of God to change what needs to be changed. If God wants to bring a new thing, God will bring a new thing.
When I begin each day looking to the power of God to weave in and out of my day to bring hope to me and those I meet, I begin to look for hope.
And that makes all the difference.
My eyes are searching the horizon for the flashes of divine light, instead of expecting thunderclouds of disappointment.
I open to the many dimensions of God,
Instead of the flat landscape of a cynical world.
Open to hope this New Year.
Live a resolution of love.
See the new things that are springing forth even now.
Blessings,
Debra
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