...everything old can be new, again...

the saying goes "everything "old" is new, again"...
they also say,"the more things change,
the more they stay the same"
[unfortunately, much more often the case...]

"what goes around, comes around..."
"never throw anything away, it'll come back in style..."
[I can tell you, that's a very hard way to live...]

a person can not grow if they are so surrounded
by the past,or past stuff or bad feelings and guilt,
that they are being smothered
by their own life's debris and failures...

we have to let go, forgive, move on,
reconcile, mend fences or just walk away, without regrets,
if we are to do better than merely survive...

karma,"what goes around comes around"...
you get what you give, reap what you sow...
do unto others, as you would have them do unto you...

but, what about you ?,
the center of the universe ?
OK, so we aren't 2 years old,
and we know that we are certainly
not the center of the universe...
or at least, if we have connected with the Creator,
we are aware of Who is the center of the universe,
but I digress...

if we are to become the person we are meant to be,
we must always grow, and then move on...
but to grow, we must be in that state of grace ,
where God speaks, we listen, we act,
we walk in His paths, being guided and lead by Him...
["...for if we never give our heart to Jesus,
we'll never really have a part with him"...]

to doubt, to fear the future...
is to question Him, and bring roadblocks...
we must work to keep all the stuff we surround ourselves with,
be it clutter, possessions, resentments, addictions,
dark secret shame, hurts and bitterness...
from choking out the joy and possibilities...
it must all be sacrificed on the alter,
along with the offering of our hearts and lives daily,
to do us any lasting good...
["Take my life and let it be consecrated, Lord, to Thee"...]

people hurt each other,
the closer they are to you,
the more they can hurt you...
but we must forgive and move on,
learning to trust again, even more deeply...
we must also forgive and love ourselves, as Jesus does...
or the darkness we embrace
will block out the light we seek...

like a room, rescued from clutter,
walls freshly and lovingly painted,
floors polished, new rugs and furniture arranged with care...
then everything old can be new again...

and He promises us that "New Day", every day...
we just have to do our part,
clear away the stuff, let it go...
wounded hearts, bruised lives, broken promises....
just pile it up and walk away,
away from the dark,
into the "light".....

then, truly,
"everything old is new, again"...
and you are filled with joy
and a new sense of peace and purpose,
and Jesus smiles with you...