Day 364 - A Second Chance
366 Days of Compassion and God's Promises in the Bible
Take this chance. Take this day and make it yours. Fill your empty heart with everything that can make it full. Let it overflow with gratitude and love.
Then Peter came and said to him, “Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Until seven times?” Jesus said to him, “I don’t tell you until seven times, but, until seventy times seven. – Matthew 18:21-22, WEB
The time that we have at present is a golden opportunity given us to try again, to strive again, to begin again. Think not of the things you have lost, think instead of what you can gain. Think not of what you have failed to achieve, think instead of the victories you can still win.
God is good. He makes the sun to rise each day to help us start anew.
He gives us breath so we can go on living, becoming better persons, blessing each other’s lives with our gifts.
What has been broken can be mended. What has been lost can be found.
There is nothing impossible by God’s grace. He gives us as many chances as we need to change and to find our joy.
READY TO START AGAIN
There comes a time when you feel
that you’re ready to start again.
You’ve spent enough time
looking at the past,
cherishing memories
learning your lessons,
healing the wounds that have caused you pain.
You may still feel some hurt
in some of the wounded parts of you,
you may have your regrets
and you may not have found
all the precious things you wish to carry with you.
But you move on.
One step at a time, you let go
and you release yourself from the past
that has held you captive all these years.
You may feel your heart skip a beat,
for there is still much uncertainty,
but you hold your ground
and with a firm resolve
you look ahead
instead of looking back.
And you begin to surrender,
as you begin to receive.
You welcome all the new things
life can offer you,
and all the new people
who’d welcome you in their hearts.
You become less afraid
and your courage increases
as you begin to follow your heart.
Everything has suddenly become new
and interesting
and blessed.
You see the world again
through the eyes of a child,
colourful,
magical,
and full of wondrous possibilities!
You are no longer too old for anything,
and it is no longer too late to try something else.
You hold nothing,
but you’re ready for everything,
you are just beginning
but you’re not afraid to pursue
what it is you really desire!
You are no longer the same
and you’re not afraid to change some more.
You’re no longer afraid to lose yourself
for you know who you are
and all that you have yet to gain
For the first time in a long time,
you feel free,
you feel so alive!
You’ve been prepared for this very hour,
for this very beginning,
You know there is yet much to do
but you won’t be turning back.
You only move forward,
you only hope
and trust
and believe
that you’re ready
never more ready than now
to START AGAIN!
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