1 John 4: 9-10 (NIV)

This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. 

We need to remind ourselves regularly that God's love for us exceeds the love man can offer us.  God loved us so much that He sent His son Jesus Christ to die on the cross for us. Jesus was sent to bridge the gap between us and God.

Isaiah 43: 18 - 19 (NKJV)

“Do not remember the former things,
Nor consider the things of old.
¹⁹ Behold, I will do a new thing,
Now it shall spring forth;
Shall you not know it?
I will even make a road in the wilderness
And rivers in the desert.

Happy New Year my dear Sisters!

This is God’s Word to us all as we start this brand-new year. He is saying you and I have a new beginning, a new start. He is asking us to forget the old things, to not dwell over them, to not leave sleep over them. Whether they were ugly, bad, good, great, disappointing, or painful, let’s leave them in the past.

Psalm 62: 5 to 8 (NIV)

Yes, my soul, find rest in God; my hope comes from him.  Truly he is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will not be shaken. My salvation and my honour depend on God; he is my mighty rock, my refuge. Trust in him at all times, you people; pour out your hearts to him, for God is our refuge.

When we feel weary and hopeless we can rest in God. He is always there for us, when others cannot or will not be.  God is ever faithful and waits for us to come to Him. God should be our first port of call yet often we seek counsel elsewhere from our spouse and family members to friends and acquaintances. Whilst it is not wrong to share with others, only God can bring true comfort, only God has the ability to bring true healing for hurt and pain that go back decades.