Word of the Year Wednesdays - Old Made New

Happy Wednesday Friends! I hope your week is going well. I’m trucking along with my study of the word new. I’ll be sharing some scriptures soon that deal with my word and what I’m learning, but this week I have story to tell you.

You saw me before I was born.
    Every day of my life was recorded in your book.
Every moment was laid out
    before a single day had passed

Psalm 139:16

I know this verse well and have found comfort in it numerous times, but on the daily I don’t put much thought into that truth. That before a single day of my life came to pass God knew how it all would go. He knew all the big and small things and He weaves things together in a way only He could do. This week I was reminded of how awesome He is at doing this.

15 years ago I was a young girl, who followed a boy, to a town I had never been to before. While nothing come to pass with said boy, I did meet and develop a sweet relationship with a lady who could be described as your quintessential church mom. She was the absolute sweetest and welcomed me with open arms. I was only there for 10 months, so we only had a short season together, but it was pretty great. When I moved we fell out of touch like people do when they don’t see each other regularly.

I’m a big believer in people being in your life for certain seasons, some seasons are short and some last a life time. I cherished the memory of our time together, but I never thought I’d see another season with her. Yet, God is full of surprises.

Turns out that her and her family have just moved to my town. And I had the pleasure of spending the day reconnecting with her this past week. I cannot express what a blessing it is know we are starting a “new” season together. It’s quite amazing that God knew when we said goodbye 14 years ago we were really just saying, “See you in a little while”.

This week I learned that God can take something old - a past friendship, and make it new again. And that He has surprises for me when I least expected it and need it the most.

I’ll be praying for you this week friends, that you might see a little glimpse of how God weaves all things together. And that maybe you’ll be surprised by something He does in your life this week too.

To Everything There Is A Season…

Kiley Ann

A sweet friendship refreshed the soul.

Proverbs 27:9