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• Jan. 1, 2008 - The Old Has Gone, The New Has Come

Therefore if anyone is in Christ, He is a new creation, the old has gone, the new has come.  II Corinthians 5:17.

Out with the old, and in with the new.  The year has passed, a new year is upon us.

One of my favorite quotes I heard on a tape I was listening to is;  "there are no longer good days and bad days, all are days of grace."  "Some days you are given the grace to endure and some days you are given the grace to enjoy."

Last year was a year where more days than not I was given the grace to endure.  I am glad to see a new dawn of a new year.

Seven is the number of completion, Eight is the number of new beginnings.  Here at  the beginning of a new year I am thankful for what has been completed in me.  This year I have learned that if I do not love myself I will never be able to love others.  It is what I believe and tell myself that I will live.  God's love can and does flow into me, but it will never flow out of me totally until I learn to love myself as He loves me.  I am  anticipating a new beginning for the year ahead.

The old has gone, 2007, the new has come, 2008.  May this be the year when I truly begin to grasp that the old me was crucified and now the new me, Christ in me, has come.  May it be a year when the reality that Christ exchanged His life for mine is understood more fully and lived more deeply.  I no longer have to live, He will live through me.  The old lies, messages and beliefs of who I was are removed..   Now may the new truth of who God has created me, who I truly am be revealed, fully.

2008, the year of new beginnings.  May it be so, may it be so.

Jewelz
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• Jan. 2, 2008 - yes

Posted by onfire
I so needed to read that ... what confirmation.
eight is the nimber of new beginnings. I can choose to begin anew in a number of ways and in a number of areas.
grace over grouch. my new motto.
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• Jan. 2, 2008 - So Neat!

Posted by teena6
Thanks for visiting my blog. Isn't it neat both of our dd's will be going to YWAM! Our Mandi will go to Florida. Will your dd be gone the WHOLE time and you will not see her? We can visit on the weekends and then in the spring she will leave for India. She is so excited.

Our little boys Wyatt 5 & Wesley 4 will miss her so much. It makes my heart sad but I do know this is God's will.

I love you blog.

I think you and I are in the same state. ;) Do you ever go to the state hs-ing fair in Atlanta?

blessings,
Teena
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My desire is to be an Oak of Righteousness that displays His splendor. (Is. 61). I am a home school mom starting my 16th year, guiding my children into knowing the story of God that is written on their hearts; training them up to walk in their true, authentic identity.

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