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Today’s Blog Post
It is a NEW DAY – a Brand New Day
I have become increasingly aware of the weight of the world around me. The messages of how bad it is for some have come personally, from people suffering daily with the weight of their situation. They have no place to go. It seems impossible.
This weekend I listened to a man that had walked through some very difficult times. He is a Lifer. He is a man that has killed some one in his life time and is now serving time in a Federal Prison. He was allowed to come and share his story with us at the conference that I am attending in Kingston, Ontario.
For a long time now he rises each morning to the same routine and the same problems – time. It has been years now since he was free and may be much longer yet.
The person sitting beside me asked him, “What keeps you going?” He paused for a minute before he answered and said one word, “Family.”
What happens when Family is not there? I know some like this. They are losing their family… how do they do it?
I know some that have lost their families already… the pain is heavy and they are hardly able to bear it each day. Worse yet – no one knows… and there are few that can know because it is very hard to share about.
Early in the morning as I was sitting in the darkness of my room pondering some of the stories I know… I looked up and saw the sun starting to peek around the edge of the land out front.
I took my camera and shot the following series of photos to try and capture the beauty of what was happening before me.
As I watched I thought, “This is a brand new, fresh, day starting and here is a promise that it will get better by the moment”.
My new friend in prison wakes each morning with another promise of a new day.
No matter what happened in the past, today is a new day.
What does that mean to you? I know what I am getting from it. It is pure joy to see the newness of it all. Absolutely fresh and clean and simply a blessing to me… this is My Day!
Oh yes, there may be a few tumbles today, a few aches of pains from yesterday, but it is a NEW DAY.
God asks me one question, “What will you do with it?”
I have to run. There is so much to do. So many people to meet and speak with I can’t wait.
How are you doing? Sorry I forgot to ask.
~ Murray Lincoln ~
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