Fresh and New

Behold, I will do a new thing;
now it shall spring forth; shall
ye not know it? I will even make
a way in the wilderness, and rivers
in the desert. 
Isaiah 43:19

I love this verse! It's one of my favorites. A new thing, something fresh, a new challenge and a new opportunity to do something different...

An escape from the ordinary and mundane, a change, a revival, and hope restored.

For many years now I've felt as if I have been slowly plodding along. And, no doubt, there is value in plodding. There's a godly contentment that must be learned, and it can only come through having to plod along and press forward until that particular goal has been reached. Nevertheless, I also believe that sometimes change can be good, if it has been ordained by God. And in my heart I long for something fresh and new.

God knows the cries of my heart. He knows my seasons of vexation of the soul. A deep sense that I should not be doing a certain thing any longer, even if what I am doing is good, because He has a new assignment for me, a new challenge.

Simply put, I am not satisfied at where I'm at now, spiritually. And this is not meant as a complaint, for it is not. I'm only sharing the thoughts of my heart. Meanwhile I continue to hope and wait upon God for my change to come.

D.B.