A New Day

Every day is a new day.

I said this to one of my daughter's friends recently who posted on her facebook that she wanted to start fresh.  I told her that every day is a new day and a chance to start anew.

And I truly believe that.

After posting yesterday and sharing what has been on my mind and in my heart, I woke today feeling very free.  While it was a post to no one in particular, writing it down and sharing it with the world allowed me to let go of a heavy weight on my shoulders; one that didn't belong there and really wasn't necessary for me to hold on to.

"Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and YOU WILL FIND REST FOR YOUR SOULS. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light." Matthew 11.28-30

My relationship with the Lord should not be burdensome and therefore my relationship with others should not be either.

I am learning this as I face and understand what I have come to believe about myself and others...what is true and what is not true about that understanding.

I long ago asked God to help me understand love and to open my eyes to see others the way He does.  I so wanted to be Christ-like.

I still want to be Christ-like.

I want to be the Christ who spoke with the woman at the well and who bent down to write in the sand while all these self-righteous people prepared to stone a woman for adultery. I'm not so sure I want to be the Christ who went into the temple to overturn tables of self-serving, self-loving, money-centered people though.  Not sure I have the courage to do that; but who knows where He'll bring me to in this journey He has me on.  ::wink, wink::

What I do know is that God wants me to love and to love EVERYONE.  Even when they are unlovable.  When I first turned back to God, His first message to me was one word...LOVE.  I didn't understand what He was trying to tell me, because I honestly didn't know what it meant to love or be loved.

And that is why I asked Him to teach me about love.

And He is doing that.

And I am healing.

And He is giving me understanding.

My next step is to deal with this diagnosis I have been faced with and that seems like it will be a slow process.

You know, mental illness is a very taboo issue in society.  We are not supposed to talk about it with others and because of that many people suffer alone.  Even when it's not you with the mental illness, but someone you love; and then it's probably even more taboo to talk about it.

Why is that?

I don't know.

But today is a new day for me and for you.  A chance to make new and better choices.  A chance to make the choice to love even those who are unlovable.

And more importantly, a chance to turn to God and choose Him over everything else.

Do it... TODAY!!

God bless you all.

Be at peace.

Know that God loves you and so do I.

There is always hope when He is part of your life.