My world spun in dazed excitement as I held my son for the first time.  My wife and I had been told by the doctors that he, our third and last child, would be born a girl.  We already had two beautiful daughters, and although we had initially hoped for a son, we had accepted and become excited about the coming addition of another sweet daughter.  Yet there I stood, holding 10 pounds, 2 ounces of proof that God was still in control of all things.

That day illustrated for us one of the beautiful truths of God.  He makes all things new and, in the process, provides us with the wondrous and unexpected!  As the writer of Lamentations said, “His compassions fail not, they are new every morning!”  (Lamentations 3:22-23)  With God, every new circumstance, every new life, and every new day are all filled with the glorious promise of possibility!

So what does that say for us?  We have all been “born again” in Christ.  We have been “made new.”   Shouldn’t we lay aside the despair that often clouds our minds and see life as a glorious road filled with grand adventure and beauty?  With this mindset, we can face any obstacle and ask with anticipation, “I wonder what good things God has in store for me tomorrow?” 

Kerry