You're Still The One

The band sang, Still The One, as couples renewed their marriage vows to one another in our church services.  A renewed commitment changes our point of view, of how we see and respond to life, one another, and God. At first, we might hesitate to make yet another commitment, afraid of being disappointed and hurt, thinking a new beginning is impossible after all that has been said and done.

It's not a new idea to renew ourselves to others, God, or a principle, but, rather a gift from God, a catalyst to start over; what's new . . . is what occurs within us . . . when we begin again.

The thing is . . . it is God who makes all things new . . . regardless of what is in our past.  When we enter into the presence of God, we enter into the miracle of another chance, of new beginnings, and a fresh start. It's as if every day . . .  God issues a declaration from heaven to earth . . . you're still the one!

Consider.

  “Forget the former things; 

   do not dwell on the past. 

See, I am doing a new thing! 

   Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? 

I am making a way in the wilderness 

   and streams in the wasteland (Is 43: 18-19, NIV).

There are those miraculous moments of life, when we know God loves us beyond reason, when we experience the power of God changing our perspective, when we see a new way to respond in the midst of  the wilderness and wasteland of pressures and problems, when we receive another chance, when we release all that has been for all that could be, and enter into a new beginning and a fresh start.

God declares today: You're still the one.
Enter into the miracle of the power of God making a way for a new beginning.
Make a new commitment to God and to those in your life to focus on what could be today, the day of a new chance, a new beginning, and a fresh start.

Learning to Kickstart the day believing in the miracle of another chance, a new beginning and a fresh start,
Kerrie

(written by Kerrie Carlisle Palmer © 2011 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED)