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10…OUR STORY, HIS GLORY

Good morning! If we consider our life to be a novel, throughout the course of our life we will have many new chapters in our story. These new chapters could start because we get married, or divorced. It could be that we moved, made a career change or graduated. It could be that an illness sidelined us or it might be due to the loss of a loved one. The start of these new chapters can be intimidating and scary but if you think about it, we’ve been doing new starts all our life as every day is a new page in our story. So then why does the fear factor come into play when we start new chapters? I think it’s because of the unknown. We like things nice and orderly in life and we would like to know how things are going to turn out. Will I like where I’ve moved to? Will the new career and I get along? Can I make it through these cancer treatments? Can I survive without my loved one? The answer to all these questions is “yes” if you allow Jesus to be the author of your story.

In Matthew 6:25, Jesus tells us to not worry about our life. He already knows what we need and is more than capable of providing for us. In verse 34, His instructions for us continue as He says, “...do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself...” It takes faith to live day by day, allowing God to lead and orchestrate the events in our life. Since God always has our best interest at heart, there is no other one that I’d rather have in control of my life. Jeremiah 29:11 says it like this, “For I know the plans that I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope.” Believing that God has our lives under His control, it’s much easier to start new chapters and live them out while standing on the promises of God. So do you know someone beginning a new chapter in life? If so, stand with them and remind them that God has their back. Help them embrace their new beginning as they anticipate what God has written for this next part of their story.

Lord, help us to help others as they move into new chapters of their lives. Amen.