The 24th anniversary of our leaving Sydney to move to the Gold Coast and a new life.
The first official day of my new business Learning With Lisa Online- not that there's much to see yet.
The first day on my new part time job-which came with a very warm welcome back ( coz I had previously worked there for a couple of months
The last day I spend in emotional limbo- I took action regarding the heart matter that has weighed so heavily upon me. But with the end of that limbo, comes the stark reality of the emptiness that follows a clear decision and acceptance- which was the pain my heart had been avoiding all along.
But there can be no resurrection, where there has been no death. The work of the cross must be felt in all our inner dealings, if we are to know the power of His indestructible life. So, although it is the end of something, it is simultaneously the beginning of something.
Forget the former things,
Do not dwell on the past
Behold, I am doing a new thing,
Now it springs up, do you not perceive it?
I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland. Is 43:18-19
Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, But I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it.But one thing I do: forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal, to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.
All of us then, who are mature, should take such a view of things. And if, on some point, you think differently, that God will make clear to you. Phil 3:12-15
Being able to leave old things of yesterday behind and move on into the new of tomorrow is actually a sign of maturity in the Lord! This includes being able to forget our own successes and failures, which is actually the context of this passage.
I had NEVER seen that quite that way before!
Immediately, the verses from James that say, Consider it pure joy, my brothers whenever you face trials of many kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. James1:2-4
Maturity stands under trial, in joy.
The time for mourning is over-Rejoice!
The season of singing has come. (A personal word to my heart from the Spirit)
Wow!
I am seeing things already! How that soul tie held power over me because I didn't want to detach and it gave license, through that connection, for some things to stay active in my life, even as it impinged upon the flourishing of other things.
Do not be afraid; you will not be put to shame.
Do not fear disgrace; you will not be humiliated.
you will forget the shame of your youth
and remember no more the reproach of your widowhood.
For Your Maker is your husband-
The Lord Almighty is His name-
he is called the God of all the earth.
The Lord will call you back
as if you were a wife deserted and distressed in spirit-a wife who married young,
only to be rejected," says your God.
"For a brief moment I abandoned you,
but with deep compassion I will bring you back.
In a surge of anger
I hid my face from you for a moment,
but with everlasting kindness
I will have compassion on you,"
says the Lord, Your Redeemer.
"To me , this is like the days of Noah,
When I swore that the waters of Noah would never again cover the Earth,
So, now I have sworn not to be angry with you,
never to rebuke you again.
Though the mountains be shaken
and the hills be removed,
Yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken,
Nor my covenant of peace be removed,"
says the Lord, who has compassion on you.
Is 54:4-10
I know it's a lengthy passage...but it has always spoken strongly to me. Tonight, it speaks with fresh comfort and hope and joy as well.
I believe TODAY has been an extremely significant STARTING day!
Isaiah 46:11 says, "Truly I have spoken; truly I will bring it to pass. I have planned it, be assured I will do it."
Whatever has been birthed in you, was spoken to you, either through the Word of God or through a prophetic word or from God speaking it to you Himself...whatever it was, God promises us that if He spoke it, He will bring it to pass. Kim Potter
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