{"id":11542,"date":"2023-12-08T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-08T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/?p=11542"},"modified":"2023-12-06T18:40:15","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T01:40:15","slug":"new-plantings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/?p=11542","title":{"rendered":"New Plantings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Friday, December 8, 2023<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n
\n
\"\"<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Sometimes Finding Our Way is Difficult,<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

and Even Looking To Where We Have Been<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Is Hard to Find.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Isaiah 43:18-19<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do not remember the former things, or consider the things of old. I am about to do a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Matthew 13:31<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

He put before them another parable: \u2018The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that someone took and sowed in his field ….\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

…<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Words of Grace For Today<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We cannot see the future and know what it is for sure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yes, we have ideas or estimations or imaginations, but we simply cannot know the future. Lots of people would give so much to be able to know the future, but that\u2019s because it\u2019d be a huge advantage over all the rest of us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So we have the past, and we spend lots of time studying the past. We even have wise sayings that tell us that if we do not study and learn from our past we are bound to repeat our failings in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then the wisdom of scriptures tell us, more than once, that we ought not to consider the things of the past, that God is doing something new, that we ought to look past our past (of sins, especially) and accept God\u2019s forgiveness, so that we can move into a new future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not that we have much ability to forget the past, especially sins done against us and our own sins …<\/p>\n\n\n\n

unless …<\/p>\n\n\n\n

we realize we participate in God\u2019s forgiveness whether we know it or not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then<\/p>\n\n\n\n

with no more explanation than that God walks with us<\/p>\n\n\n\n

we can leave our pasts in the past<\/p>\n\n\n\n

and<\/p>\n\n\n\n

embrace the future God has for us<\/p>\n\n\n\n

and<\/p>\n\n\n\n

for all those we forgive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And wait for the new seeds of life to sprout in and around us,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

as God grows<\/p>\n\n\n\n

a new<\/p>\n\n\n\n

future in and among us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Friday, December 8, 2023 Sometimes Finding Our Way is Difficult, and Even Looking To Where We Have Been Is Hard to Find. Isaiah 43:18-19 Do not remember the former things, or consider the things of old. I am about to do a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will … Continue reading “New Plantings”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56,12,86,68,46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11542","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cold","category-dance","category-hope","category-snow-weather","category-tracks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11542","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11542"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11542\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11544,"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11542\/revisions\/11544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}