The Eve of a New Beginning

On the eve of a new year, there is a natural tension: the heart looks backward and forward at the same time. It remembers what was. It anticipates what's coming. And it can get lost pulling in both directions.

God extends a radical invitation: do not remember the former things. Not because the past doesn't matter — but because what He is doing right now deserves your full attention.

"It is already springing forth" — something new is being born. It won't only spring up in January. It's springing up now. In circumstances that are still confusing. In relationships still in process. In a life that is still being rewritten.

Can you perceive it? Sometimes the new thing is so small it goes unnoticed. A tiny sprout that will become a tree. But it's there.

Tomorrow you turn a page. But God's story in your life has already begun the next chapter.