You're allowed to leave some things in the past - genuinely, not just in theory. Today can actually be a new page.
“If any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.”
More verses for a fresh start
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“Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old. Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it?”
Something new is already starting to grow.
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“It is of the LORD's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.”
Every morning, mercy starts over.
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“Forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark.”
Reaching forward, not looking back.
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“A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you.”
Change can go all the way to the heart.
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“And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new.”
All things - including this.
A short prayer for a new beginning
God, I want a fresh start. Help me let go of what's behind me and step into what's ahead. Make me new where I need it most, and walk with me into this next chapter. Amen.