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Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 There is a season for everything. A popular chapter to most of us. There is a season (a time appointed) for everything and a time for every delight and event or purpose under heaven—  A time to be born and a time to die; A time to plant and a time to uproot what is planted.  A time to kill and a time to heal; A time to tear down and a time to build up.  A time to weep and a time to laugh; A time to mourn and a time to dance.  A time to throw away stones and a time to gather stones; A time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing.  A time to search and a time to give up as lost; A time to keep and a time to throw away.  A time to tear apart and a time to sew together; A time to keep silent and a time to speak.  A time to love and a time to hate; A time for war and a time for peace. Ecclesiastes 3:1‭-‬8 AMP https://bible.com/bible/1588/ecc.3.1-8.AMP Last week I was asked to reflect on these verses and identify which seas...

“Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past.  See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland. Isaiah 43:18‭-‬19 NIV https://bible.com/bible/111/isa.43.18-19.NIV As I read and reflected on this verse, I realised that many of us are wounded but have become numb because we are used to carrying the wounds with us. They have become ours yet there is another way to live life. We can face our pains, name them, see the impact they have had and have on us and those around us and then surrender them to God. Then experience the new dawn. Yes the scar will be there but will be faced with courage and reminder that it once hurt but not anymore. So you may be hurt or wounded by issues in life. But this verse says that it is possible to forget with God's help and focus on the new thing He is doing. May we forge ahead past our wounds this year.