#youmakeallthingsnew

..No matter what yesterday brought or tomorrow brings today is a chance to be made new. If the same God who created the earth from nothing, restored Job, redeemed Ruth, and saved Esther (and her people) created you, then he can take your mistakes and turn them in to a masterpiece. If the same God who sent His Son to be born of a virgin and crucified for our Sins so that we might have New life and be reconciled unto him loved you enough to save you once, then why would he love you less when you stumble or fall? Jesus not only restored to life a little girl, but he healed a woman who had been sick, rejected, and overlooked on the way.

So, as a new day begins, let us consider the words of Isaiah 43:19 as not only a promise of the past, but a promise of our present, and our Future. God said: "Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert." not to pacify us, but to remind us that we are not Forgotten, Abandoned, Rejected, too Broken, too Confused, too small, too Big, too "Messed up", too Far, too Abused to find Comfort, Love, Grace, Mercy, Peace, Identity, Restoration, Purpose in his Arms and Presence.

Let this day that the Lord has made be the one where you, truly, Rejoice and are able to be Glad in it. Let this day be the day that you turn away from the Bottle, the search for "Likes" and 😍 on Social Media, comfort in tearing someone else down, "relief" in demeaning yourself, familiarity in being a doormat or emotional/physical "punching bag" for someone else, pushing away your loved ones, but looking for comfort in the arms of someone else, smiling instead of speaking up and asking for help, or running away from your calling because you're too worried about what someone else thinks rather than embracing the fact that you've been called to Lead by Example or Speak for the benefit of others by Living and Praising the Lord. Why?

Putting aside gender for a moment, I think the deeper issue here is the devaluation of all human life in our society. Thoughts precede actions. The human life is a sacred thing. When people don't see/understand/believe in the equal value of every person or think some people are more/less valuable than another we see it reflected in their actions. 

- instead of blaming society, especially the media, we can be agents of change to educate others-not indocrinate them- but to show them light. Worth