May 29: GRACE MEANS TOMORROW'S ALWAYS A FRIEND AND YESTERDAY ISN'T AN ENEMY ANYMORE.

Affirmation: My self-compassion is growing day by day.

“But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.” – Isaiah 40:31
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Ponder, Personalize, Practice: As I read the Bob Goff reading today & pondered Proverbs 3:5,6, my mind went to asking God to trust Him with my past disappointments, failures… and stop trying to resolve those things myself. I am praying for God’s direction out of the past as well as into the future. What are you thinking about and praying for?

“Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding, in all your ways acknowledge Him and He will direct your paths.” Proverbs 3:5,6
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Walk in Grace. Live in Love. By Bob Goff 

May 29

GRACE MEANS TOMORROW'S ALWAYS A FRIEND AND YESTERDAY ISN'T AN ENEMY ANYMORE. 

Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. 
ISAIAH 43:18 

Peter Pan has a unique shadow. You might recall the scene from the Disney movie when Peter and his shadow chase each other around the kids' room until Peter wrestles his shadow down so it can be sewn back on his shoes. Sometimes our past gets stuck to us like our shadows. As much as we try to shake it off or outrun it, we turn around and there it is. I suppose you could eliminate your shadow by living in total darkness, but that's no life either, is it? Sometimes I wish I could just detach my past from myself permanently. There'd be no chase on my part. I'd let it run out the door and wave as it headed down the street. 


We can't escape our shadows like Peter Pan did, if only for a while. In some ways our past is stuck to us no matter what we do. We don't need to let who we used to be decide who we're going to be. When we treat the shadows of our past like they're living, breathing versions of ourselves today, we give our past too much power. Here's a truth that's worth believing: the stuff that happened yesterday that's hounding you is irrelevant to the tomorrow waiting to greet you. We can move forward in grace, knowing the fight with yesterday is over. Grace won, even if we don't realize it yet. 


Tomorrow is our Neverland, where our tries never run out of time. You can't escape your shadow, of course, but you also don't have to give it as much airtime. Grace means this: tomorrow's always a friend. It isn't that yesterday didn't happen. It just doesn't matter anymore. 


What from your past do you need to let go of today? 

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