Word of the Year Wednesdays - New Mercies

Happy Wednesday Friends!

I have found there is a struggle to be fought when you’re asking God to make all things new. That the things of the past - the old - don’t always want to go quietly. Instead, they are often loud, like a toddler throwing a tantrum. Sometimes you just want the noise to stop so you give in, just like giving the toddler the piece of candy they wanted. The noise stops, but in hindsight you are actually defeated.

You have to push through the noise to get to the other side, to the point where they stop yelling because they know they aren’t going to get what they want. When the old doesn’t get to win another battle. And that victory is a sweet one.

It’s hard to walk toward the new when the old is clinging on for dear life. There are most definitely times when the fighting through doesn’t seem worth it and so I give in.

The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases;
    his mercies never come to an end;
they are new every morning;
    great is your faithfulness.

Lamentations 3:22 - 23

It’s in those moments. When I’ve regretted taking the easy way through, that I am so thankful that these verses exist. That God’s mercies never end and are new each morning. That God is faithful to stand with me as I try again. And try again I must. The old must go for the new to come.

To Everything There Is A Season…

Kiley Ann