Rebirth

When we think of Easter, it might be typical to consider rebirth, passion, love and true RENEWAL.  God is always doing something new, both in the world as a whole, but also in each individual life on this planet.  Every time I hear those words:  “Behold, I am doing something new”–I get goosebumps because it seems that God is sending me code words to let me know something monumental is imminent.

This year is no different; I have just emerged from my Jesus year.  I had never heard of a Jesus year until a friend of mine went through hers a few years ago.  I was 33–the age that Jesus endured His passion.  It was an extremely significant year for me in ways I never expected, and during this year my life was almost taken away, but miraculously God let me remain on this earth.  Only by His mercy am I here today.  There were nights I would keep myself from falling asleep because I was convinced I would not wake up the next morning.  Those next mornings were among the greatest I have ever experienced since through God’s grace I somehow felt better than ever.  It was as though I had gone through a rebirth and I had many of these several times this past year.  Jesus had to renew me over and over again.

Jesus is the only one who has the ability to renew my life; it is only through divine mercy that life can be renewed.  I am now 34 and approaching another Easter season and once again I hear the Lord calling me.  “Behold, I am doing something new.”  I can already see these beautiful new transformations happening in my life.  Last year I took a journey across the country and found myself in California. This year I am now settling in California with my family, from whom I have been estranged for several years.  We are developing renewed relationships that are stronger and deeper than I could ever have imagined possible.  I cherish them so much that I don’t want to leave them.  God gave me my family as a reason to live.  I needed that–without a reason to stay on this earth, those nights I didn’t think I would survive I might well have given up and died.

God has given me reasons to continue moving forward in this life, starting with my beautiful family, but He is not finished yet. He is promising more. This Easter season will be one to remember; I am not sure what He has in store but He is going to rebirth something immense in my life. He is not done, and therefore I am not done either.

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Originally published at Kitty in the City.

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