New Chapter
So we are officially a few weeks into a new year. While many have made resolutions to change something in their life, I have chosen to see newness that the new year will bring.
For me this year represents a new beginning in some areas of my life. Letting go of anger and allowing Christ's love to shine through me, turning from depression and my selfish ways, fearing the Lord instead of fearing what man will do. These are just a few of my never ending list.
You see, for me, 2018 is the start of a new chapter on my life. Unfortunately it took me going through a deep valley in the previous chapter to get me where I am today. It still hurts sometimes, but Christ has taught me a lot about myself through the valley and has given me peace and a new joy in my heart, that allows me to see that He has a bigger plan for me.
Jeremiah 29:11-13 says: "For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
(12) Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you. (13) And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart. "
Through my valley, I have realized that I have not put Christ where he needed to be... FIRST in my life! I'm the one who likes to have control of life and to try to fix things myself. In doing so, I was not seeking Him in EVERYTHING.
We all have heard the saying..." If He brings you to it, He'll bring you through it."
We are all flesh and we have choices to make in life, some of which the Lord simply steps back and lets us fall, only to be there for us, pick up our broken pieces and put us back together into something more beautiful than what we were before. That's where I am in my life!
My story is not finished yet. My prayer and heart's desire is that I seek Christ with all that I am until my book is complete and that it all brings glory and honor to Christ alone.
Trusting in His footsteps,
Sarah
