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Thursday... Oh, could we just get back to normal?


Thursday... Oh, could we just get back to normal? Then we would be happy. But maybe that isn't true. Maybe normal is not what will make us happy. Maybe God has something better than normal.

But maybe our prayer should be what Psalm 85:6 (AMP) says, "Will You not revive us and bring new life again, that Your people may rejoice in You?" The NIRV says, "Won't you give us new life again? Then we'll be joyful because of what you have done." That is what we need, that is what God wants to give us and do for us. Yes, revive us, yes, give us a new perspective, a new attitude, a new adventure. Oh God, give us new life again.

But I want to go back to normal but maybe that normal is not what God has in mind. And if that is true then there is no way we want to go back. Could it be that God has something great and wonderful ahead?  

The NLT says, "Will you not revive us again, that your people may rejoice in you?" Maybe we have been dead and didn't know it, at least maybe apathetic. Could there be more to life than what we were living and God is striving to wake us up and get us really living again? Could our purpose have gotten off base and it needed to get back into focus? Maybe God has more for us than what we were living. We think that normal is what would make us happy, but is it really?  

The MESSAGE says, "Why not help us make a fresh start - a resurrection life? Then" that's a great word, that's an anticipation word, that a faith word, an exciting word. "Then your people will laugh and sing." 

And that will happen when we are revived and resurrected. Oh God, give us a fresh start. Wake us up to the possibilities of a new life ahead. Please give us a fresh start on a new exciting adventure that You have planned for us. May we look forward, not back and please help us handle the differences that are ahead. And please help us to not be in the way but be leading the way. "Will You not revive us and bring new life again that Your people may rejoice in You?" May it be so! Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning


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