Living On The Edge

It's hard to put into words how I'm feeling at this moment. It's so much greater than any joy I've ever experienced. There's just a certainty in my spirit of God's love for me. I am in awe of the goodness of God - in awe of the way He encourages my heart. I love the way He shows His glory through signs and symbols.

Earlier this week, a friend reminded me of the significance of today's date.  As she was talking, I cupped my hands over my face and started to weep. The number  8 is Biblically symbolic of New Beginnings. But what's more important than that for me is how the Lord has encouraged  my heart by allowing so many New Beginnings in my life to somehow be connected to the number 8. The number popped up at times I had not expected it to. Every time, it has been such a confirmation of the Lord's great love for me.

So today is a special day for me. My heart is celebrating. I know I am in the midst of a season of New Beginnings. It's no longer something in the distance, seeming out of reach. I am right smack in the season of New Beginnings I knew was coming.

A few years ago, I was in a season of "cleaning out." It's funny how the things going on in the spiritual realm are symbolically represented by the things going on in the physical realm. I hope this makes sense. As God was cleaning out my heart, I was literally cleaning out my house. I had a room in my house that had accumulated a lot of junk that needed to be purged. It had become so easy for the whole family to throw things into our junk room. The Lord put a sense of urgency in my heart to get it cleaned up.

As I began cleaning out, I heard the Lord saying, "Out with the old, in with the New." Cleaning my junk room was a symbol of what God was doing in my heart - sloughing away the old, so the new could come. I remember telling a few friends that I could taste the new things God had for my life. While sorting through junk, trying to decide what was worth keeping, I pulled a large wall plaque out of a box. It was a sweet Noah's Ark plaque I had bought for my son's room when he was a baby. I froze when I read the words that were written on it: "Rainbows * Promises * New Beginnings."

It still brings tears to my eyes to think of that day. It was the confirmation I needed to truly KNOW in my spirit that God would bring forth all the things He had promised. I carried the plaque to church, proclaiming the goodness of God to anyone that would listen. I'm sure some of them were wondering, "What in the world does that silly plaque have to do with God's goodness?" But I knew it was the Lord's special gift to my heart. I have the plaque hanging over the doorway going into my kitchen. It has remained a reminder to me that God does keep His promises.

The Lord is the greatest encourager, greatest friend, greatest Daddy. He makes me want to sing and dance. His love is never ending and His promises are TRUE! This day, the 8th day of the 8th month of the year 2008 is, for sure, a symbol of HOPE. I am honored, I am privileged to be alive, to be a part of a glorious season of New Beginnings...08*08*08!

I Corinthians 15:46 NIV

"The spiritual did not come first, but the natural, and after that the spiritual."

Dear Lord,

What more can I say than...Thank You, Thank You, Thank You for Your unfailing, magnificent love. Thank You for all the New Beginnings You have brought to my life, and for all the ones to come. How can I repay You for Your goodness? My heart will sing You praises forever! Amen.

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