“New Year, New Me, Same God!”

By Misty Strieff Prine

“There comes a day when you realize turning the page is the best feeling in the world – because you realize there’s so much more to the book than the page you were stuck on.” – Unknown

            Often, we get hung up on the past, too much drama, bad days, bad decisions and even the opinions of others around us, that might not be our own but consume us as if they were. We get stuck on a page that starts to repeat like a broken record. We repeat what we don’t stop long enough to repair, and we forget that we can’t erase the past by dwelling on it. It’s written in ink. We can’t do anything about it. We need to turn the page. We must come to the realization that with each new day or each new page, the Lord grants us the ability to start brand new. Turning that page in our lives has the potential to change our lives completely. When we do get the strength and willpower to forget about our past and give the new day the good Lord blesses us with a go, we realize how beautifully full of peace and joy a fresh new day is.

A new chapter is given to us every day. We just have to turn that page and never look back. We need to instead look forward at the opportunities afforded to us to make new memories, better decisions and even learn to surround ourselves with people who will lift us up, not tear us down, and remind us of how blessed we truly are. If you are reading this right now, God has blessed you with the privilege of seeing a new year. We serve a God of second chances and new beginnings. There’s so much more to our lives than spinning our wheels in the negative chapters of our past. Now go. Let God give you a fresh start. Make the remainder of your book a best seller...for Him! Let your life be a testament to others as to how good God has been to you and how far He’s brought you through the chapters of your life.

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