It must be January. Everywhere we turn, the message is there.
New year, new you!
The diet plans, the gyms, the makers of those revolutionary skin care products. They’d all like us to believe that we can be that beautiful, that healthy, that youthful.
The power to change is within us!
(Well, we might need a little extra help with the whole “change” thing, which is where the pills, creams, and plans come in.)
But here’s the thing, mama. Don’t fall for it.
The power to change is not within you.
It’s within Him.
Only Jesus can make us new.
Do you want to be a more loving wife? A more patient mama? A more effective teacher to your little ones?
Do you want to be healthier? Leaner? More well-rested?
All your hopes and dreams for this new year are possible, if you place them in His hands.
This is His promise to you –
I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean.
I will cleanse you from all your impurities and from all your idols.
I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you.
I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.
And I will put my Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws.
(Ezekiel 36: 25-27)
On Friday, I’ll share what I’m trusting Jesus to accomplish in me this year. What hopes are you entrusting to Him in 2012?
God bless,
Megan
Megan, I’m glad to see you writing again! I have missed your posts. Your message today was exactly what I needed to read. I needed a reminder that the source of change is not me… but God. How easy it is to fall into that lie. Blessings to you and your family!
Thanks so much for your comment, Amber. Yep, it’s a lie I’ve often fallen for too. But our Savior’s mercies are new every morning, thank God! God bless you, friend! ~Megan