Seasons of change come upon us in life, like the long awaited Spring, eventually the page turns, and our lives take a new direction. Healing is in the wings, a new day approaches and the Lord graciously binds up the wounds of our past. We can often sense when these bursts of new life are about to emerge onto the horizon. Like the falling leaves in Autumn, the barren trees speak to our souls that a new beginning is not too far off in our future and may be just around the corner. Time, that great healer reminds us that there is life left to be lived, joys yet to be realized and new adventures to discover. We must go on, and leave the past behind us as it is truly but a distant memory and it’s power over our lives must be diminished so that we can become all that God wants us to be.
It takes a brave soul to walk on. To keep your chin up and face the new world that a past sorrow has created, but like the crushed corn of wheat that falls to the ground, a new harvest will sprout in our existence as the death and pain of the past brings us to a new place, and an inevitable new beginning. Maybe we’ve been humbled, the stormy winds that a trial has led us into have weathered our hearts and minds and we are a little wiser, a little quieter, a little meeker. These are good things, and will prove valuable one day as we look back over our lives.
A new Chapter brings with it the awakening of hope. For our God is not finished with us yet. He has lessons to teach us in each season of life. He promises new blessings never experienced before, new memories, new joys never seen or realized yet. Its a journey, this thing called life and we are on a road that He, the Great Shepherd is taking us through. He navigates and leads through the hills and valleys, and all the unexpected stops we hadn’t planned on. He wants us to trust Him. He alone knows “the way there”. He knows what He’s doing in our lives. We are His workmanship in Christ Jesus and He will faithfully lead us all the way home.
Life with my Saviour is a journey, an ever new discovery of the love that He has had for me all along. His everlasting arms are always there holding us up, carrying us through to our final home at heaven’s gate. Each day that passes we are closer to our heavenly home where He will one day greet us and it will all make sense. Until then, it’s our’s to trust Him, to rest in Him and not let this lonely dark world turn our love cold. For He holds your heart, in His very palms and will never let you go. He is here. He is closer than you think. He loves you with a love that cannot be fathomed, nor can it ever be lost or forfeited. Even in your failures, life’s failures, He loves you, and will never leave you, if you have believed on His name and belong to Him.
The scripture tells us in this beautiful verse of hope “To as many as have received Him, to them He gave the power to become the sons of God. ” To receive Him is to place your trust in the Saviour of the world, Jesus Christ, our Lord. To become a son of God is to become His everlasting child and the recipient of Hie eternal grace and mercy forevermore.
“Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life”
Sarah Hopkins Art 