A Head Start

I was blessed on Saturday to spend the majority of my day with this friend of mine. During one of the quiet moments when we were able to sit and talk, I was reminded that I had a head start...I wasn't quite sure what he meant by that...and when I asked, he told me that I had to be patient, I had a four year head start on him. I believe this is why the Lord has allowed me to be his friend, to be a prayer warrior for him, to walk along this road with him. I have had a head start, I have gone through the trials, the discouragements and more than all this the incredible healing...so with this head start I have to have patience, a love that is not one I have ever known to this level...a love that is learning how to believe, hope and endure all things, to look beyond the circumstances, to continually look to Jesus for guidance...a love that can not give up, one that is meant to encourage and endure.

You know this morning I was dealing with negative feelings again and the Lord sent me a verse Isaiah 43:18 "Do not remember the former things, nor consider the things of old. Behold, I will do a new thing..."

It is a battle to release the things of old, to look on everyday as a new day, entrusting that God will do a new thing, but He promises to do a new thing, He promises that He will continue to perfect us until the day of Christ...and being that I have had this head start, I have experienced the truth and power behind His work, I must continue to have patience and long suffering as my dear friend experiences these things for himself.