Quotes about Renewal

Carter once told me that we shouldn't fear putting the past behind us. He said that God is about doing new things—creating beauty out of the ashes of despair and defeat.

I want to believe in a new thing, Lord. I want that more than anything. I want to forget the old things—the bad and ugly things that have sent me here. Please let me see your hand in all of this. Let me see the path through this wilderness.

But this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before.

It was time to lay his painful life upon the altar and let Jesus heal his hurt. It was time to come home.

The Platte River offered them a constant source of refreshing water

We can't remake the past, but God holds our future in His hand, and there's always a place to begin anew.

God always offers us a second chance in life.

Sometimes, certain of God's blessings arrive by shattering all the windows. (Brida)

When we feel weak, all we have to do is wait a little while. The spring returns and the winter snows melt and fill us with new energy.

It's always necessary to know when a stage of one's life has ended. If you stubbornly cling to it after the need has passed,you lose the joy and meaning of the rest. And you risk being shaken to your senses by God.

Heaven and Earth are meeting in a storm that, when it's over, will leave the air purer and the leaves fertile, but before that happens, houses will be destroyed, centuries- old trees will topple, paradises will be flooded.

what you brought from your past, is of no use in your present. When you must choose a new path, do not bring old experiences with you. Those who strike out afresh, but who attempt to retain a little of the old life, end up torn apart by their own memories.