For the first time, I heard something different this month about entering into a “New” season. The difference was, when you move into something new, something old has to die.
I saw this illustrated this morning as I was walking my dog. It was just before sunrise. I enjoy beautiful skies, especially around sunrise or sunset. Although it was a cloudless sky (super clear), I was surprised that God could even make a clear sunrise as beautiful as one filled with clouds. Toward the east the sky glowed with a brilliant orange. As I walked west I noticed the full moon getting ready to set.
Coming upon my favorite viewing spot, on a ridge overlooking a valley and farm below, the fog hung in a low misty layer above the corn field and farmhouse. The moon was now center between a few dark green pine trees as if asking to be framed to hang as a gorgeous scene in your living room.
The moon was fading as I walked the remaining circuit to the west and then back east. I wished I had brought my camera, but “you can’t save everything forever”. I decided to enjoy the scene as the sun began lifting above the spruce trees on my walk. As I turned back west on my return journey, I looked for the moon, expecting it to just be lower near the horizon. It was gone! Not behind a cloud, or peeking out anywhere. Where did it go?
As the new day begins with the birth of a sunrise, the old day ends with the setting of the moon. As we start moving in to the “new” we must be prepared to die to old things. That could mean activities, organizations, or other areas where we invested our time must end. It could mean we grieve for a time by saying goodbye to the previous activities, people and familiar in order to make room for the new.
Get ready for the new, but also get ready to say good bye to the old. Find out where your passion lies today, where God is calling you. Move in that direction step-by-step. At the same time examine the things that no longer bring you life. It may be something you committed to because you felt you had to. No one else was volunteering, so I will do it. Now is the time to say good-bye to that.
Welcome the new, but shed the old so you can move on faster and not let the past delay your present calling.
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