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Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor have entered into the
heart of man, the things which
God has prepared for those who love Him.”
—1Corinthians 2:9
We are a people with a future – not spiritual nomads or
wanderers, but a people of purpose and destiny. The pass is
over. The future stretches out before us full of promise
and possibility. We are changed people – new people.
Not avoiding decisions that must be made, nor running from
responsibility because of the mistakes and failures in our
past, we look toward a future based on a newness of heart
created in us by God. No longer haunted by the past, we are
free to choose – to make new commitments and follow new
direction. In our freedom we set new standards and find new
strength by which to live.
Experience gives wisdom; God gives a new heart. Our past
mistakes have taught us some valuable lessons, but God has
given us a new life. We have called upon our merciful God,
repented, and begun to have the hope of a new heart and a
new start – the beginning of a total renewal. We have found
God faithful to his promise in Jeremiah 3:22: “Return,
faithless people; I will cure you of backsliding.” And we
have responded: “Yes, we will come to you, for you are the
Lord our God.”
What a loving, compassionate God we serve! Society may
expect us to walk in guilt and shame indefinitely, but we no
longer conform to what the world says. We have been
transformed. Our minds have been renewed by God’s word and
our hearts by His mercy.
Prayer Focus: My prayer is that we will have faith like it
says in Matthew 17:20: So Jesus said to them, “Because of
your unbelief; for assuredly, I say to you, if you have the
faith as a mustard seed, you will say to the mountain, ‘Move
from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be
impossible for you.”
C. Denise Bryant
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