"In the beginning God created..." (Genesis 1:1)
When God “created” in Genesis 1:1, He
formed, fashioned, produced, and created out of nothingness. He sculpted the universe and saw that it was
good! Just two short chapters later, man
was tempted by the serpent and all of mankind has suffered since. But God has always had His "new
beginnings" ...with Noah, with Abraham, with Christ, and with us.
I know we all tend to look at January
1st as a magical date to start the year off right, so to speak. We might even vow, much to our dismay, that
we will succeed …THIS TIME! We will not
fall back into our old routines and patterns that have disillusioned and
dissatisfied us.
January is a "new
beginning"...beginning a new month and a new year. It offers us the chance to start again, with
the opportunity to put our failures and muddled messes in the past. We have a new slate! Isn't God awesome as He prepares and
stretches our clean white canvas and provides the paints and brushes to produce
another glorious twelve-month creation?
Have you ever watched an artist create
a painting? He uses light and dark shadows to create depth, mistakes are quickly corrected with a new color, and
direction is easily changed with one stroke of the brush. Our lives are not the paint by number kit
with set boundaries and having to always stay within the lines. Our lives are bright or pastel, bold or
modest, with shadows and highlights, in the hands of the Master Painter.
He creates the masterpiece as He sees
fit and when all of the colors reach the edge of our life's frame; God has
accomplished another masterpiece. All we had to do was just be there. Whatever we are, whatever contribution we
make, it is by God's brush strokes.
Every day is a new beginning with God
and He can create a new you every day!!!
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