2014

When I review the title of my blog "a beautiful new beginning" it takes me back to a period of time in my life from which I thought I would never recover! I can praise God today that He had other plans! The sermon Sunday was about God's power to break our chains. I loved the illustration of the young elephant who is bound with a chain by one foot. The young elephant soon realizes he cannot break that chain. After a period of time, he stops trying. As he grows older and much stronger, he remains a captive believing he cannot break the chain, even though his size and strength would easily allow him to break free. The illustration stunned me! Have I allowed myself to be so easily misled? I have available to me as a Christian the power of God almighty! Yet I have allowed one or more chains to bind me. My prayer is that my eyes would be opened to the reality of God's power in my life to "break every chain." The verse God gave me for the year is :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 desert and streams in the wasteland. Isaiah 43:18-19. Praying for clear sight to see the new thing God wants to do!