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I am doing a new thing..

So its been three years and three months since in my bedroom, (actually it was my brothers bedroom, mine was probably too messy to sleep in or something like that!!) I had my bible open and thanked God for all he had done for me and for loving me and forgiving me. So much has happened since then and this morning I am reminded of the phrase 'I am doing a new thing'.

I read that in Isaiah43 a few weeks ago and I am reading through Revelation at the moment and Exodus and in both it is clear that in the future God will do a new thing...there will be a new heaven and a new earth. And in Exodus we see how he leads his poeple in new ways and to new places. A new thing.

If I look back on the last three years I see lots of change but change mostly in my heart. The beauty of a living and active God is that a new thing can be as real for the Isralites in Exodus and as true for the times to come in Revelation but the awesome thing is that it isnt about past or future alone. A living and active God means new things for today!! How sweet is that.

Sometimes we go through times of normal everyday routines. We seem to be doing the same things day in day out and we want change and activity and something new but we tend to forget that God is living and active. That the day to day is a gift from Him and that when we rest in Him and seek Him then even those times of waiting can be fruitful...maybe not outwardly and it may not even seem like there is inward change but we must trust.

For me I have found that most of these three and a bit years that new things have been pretty constant. But I believe in my heart that even if it seems things are slowing down or the mundain day to day things seem too boring or "normal" to us that God has so much in that day for us. For us to thank him for, for us to point to Him, for us to submit to His great purpose and will.


God is living and active <3

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