2014. A new year. A fresh start.
Or as a quote on Facebook suggested—”… the first blank pages of a 365 page book.”
No matter what’s gone on before, we have a chance to write a different story.
THIS can be the year that you make that change. THIS can be the year that you get serious about recovery. THIS can be the year that you turn the corner and start having more successes than failures. Past history does NOT control me and it does NOT control you. It brought us to this crossroads, but it does NOT control our future. We CAN do something different from this day forward.
God understands our human frailties. He understands how discouraged and defeated we can become when we lose sight of Him. I think that’s why he provides so many “clean slate” opportunities for each of us—new days, new weeks, new months, and even new years. Each “new” is a chance to get our feet under us, survey the terrain and set off in a new and better direction. We aren’t stuck on the same old track. We have a chance to choose a different path. And if we don’t know which path to take, God’s got that covered as well. If we surrender our will to him, he is more than willing, and exceedingly able, to guide us to places we never even dreamed we could go.
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways, submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.” —Proverbs 3:5-6
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