SMALL STRAWS IN A SOFT WIND BY MARSHA BURNS: 

Refuse to allow the past to mar the present. Everyone has unpleasant memories, but they should have nothing to do with where you are today and what you have been called to do. Wipe your proverbial slate clean and begin again, says the Lord. Allow your heart to be cleansed and prepared for the future. 

Luke 6:37 Judge not and you shall not be judged. Condemn not and you shall not be condemned. Forgive and you will be forgiven.

December 28, 2023. People are watching you. They are looking for someone to imitate. Will you be an example to follow or an example of what to NOT do? I have created you in My image and I intend for you to lead others. Jesus, your big brother laid down the path for you to follow. Refer to Him if you don’t know how to behave; He will always point you in the right direction – WWJD.

1 Peter 2:21 “For to this you have been called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you might follow in His steps.” Robin Robinson Bohlin  

December 28, 2023. As the year 2023 ends, I believe one thing is very important to the Lord. He tells us in HIS Word to “forget” what lies behind. You and I should not carry any of our past into the new year. The past is over. Keep your good memories but remember you cannot live in that moment of time. God has a new day for you to live in every day. Part of that “one” thing to do is to also “press” into the new thing God is calling you to do. Purpose to push out that baby (metaphorically speaking) and give birth to the new vision God has ordained you to have!

Philippians 3:13-14 “Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself as having taken hold of this. But this one thing I do: forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal for the reward of the upward calling of Yahweh in Messiah Yeshua.” Budd Rodgers