![]() He sees far beyond our pain and suffering and has a way of making every new beginning beneficial to us and to those around us - if we let him. His new beginning and new life allow us to live our lives to the fullest, regardless of what we’ve lost or let go. Yet it’s comforting to remember that the seemingly greatest loss of all, Jesus' death, resulted in the best new beginning ever - a resurrected Christ. Anytime we lose something or someone of great importance we experience a great sense of loss, even hopelessness. It can be excruciatingly difficult to walk through the doorway of a new season in life. **How do we effectively live in the midst of a new beginning that we didn’t expect, or even want? **What can we do to give God glory when our circumstances are not only new, but also extremely painful? Anytime we let go of something old, there is discomfort, even pain. And although the birth of a child and the death of a loved one appear very different, they both have two things in common: an end and a beginning. Both have entered a time of new beginnings. The alcoholic, on the other hand, has clearly made a choice to try a different path evidenced by the dumping of his precious liquor. Maybe the worker didn’t expect or want the promotion. However, sometimes new beginnings may not be of our own choosing or liking. New beginnings can happen any day at any time. ![]() A daughter loses her mother to a car accident. An alcoholic pours his bottle of booze down the drain.
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