New beginnings and fresh starts are more often than not a welcome event in our lives.

Contributed by Pastor Scott Doggart

Scripture:2 Corinthians 5:17

New beginnings and fresh starts are more often than not a welcome event in our lives.

I am putting these thoughts together on the morning of Tuesday September 3, 2024. It is a beautiful day here at Heartland. The entire environment has the look, feel and sound of a new beginning. The office windows are open and the sounds of returning Philip Pocock students can be clearly heard. There is not exactly a “chill” in the air but the temperature and the position of the sun tell us that the summer season is slowly saying farewell. Soon, we shall welcome the beauty of Fall in southern Ontario.

As believers we enjoy such new beginnings and fresh starts everyday.

The Apostle Paul tells us that “…if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!” (2 Corinthians 5:17)

Now, we all realize that this remarkable truth does not prevent some pretty serious challenges from entering into our experience and the experience of those we care for. From time to time the unexpected storms of life and the complicated bumps of our journeys present themselves to us.

But at these times…and all the time…let’s remember that God has made us to be a brand new people. Be encouraged by the fact that each day is a new beginning which we enter as new people in the Lord.

Blessings,

Scott

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