DEVOTION: March 1
Welcome to March, friends. A time of new seasons, new perspectives. Where the promise of spring and resurrected life waits around the corner. We’re exploring what it means to ๐๐ฆ ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ this month, and how the concept of transformation is hidden in plain sight throughout the Bible. I hope you’ll seek God for your own life as we seek to ๐๐ฆ ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ.โฃโฃ
โฃโฃ_____
It was my daily routine, my moment of respite. A quick, mid-morning walk around the neighborhood to give my mind a chance to clear and eyes a chance to focus. Those moments felt stolenโI was a full time employee, a ministry wife, a first-time momโthere were a million other things I could (and should) be doing. But these walks were a chance to just be meโnot an employee, not a wife, not a mom. โฃ
โฃโฃ
Those years were a struggle. It happened in an instant; God flipped my world upside-down and poured me into marriage, ministry, motherhood in exactly 24 months. They were the best of times, they were the worst of times. โฃโฃ
โฃโฃ
There was a specific period where I struggled with these new roles. Not because I didnโt want everything God had blessed me with, but because I got caught up in the roles and responsibilities somewhere along the way. I didnโt know who I was outside of them anymore.โฃโฃ
โฃโฃ
And on of those life-saving walks, I suddenly blurted out to God:โฃโฃ
โฃโฃ
๐๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ธ๐ข๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ง๐ต ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ?โฃโฃ
โฃโฃ
It was a question I honestly couldn’t answer.โฃโฃ
โฃโฃ
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆโ๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ต ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ง๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐น๐ต ๐ง๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ๐ด, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ธ๐ฆโ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ. ๐๐ข๐บ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถโ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ โ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ด๐ฆ๐ข ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ฃ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ, ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐโ๐ด ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ ๐ข๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ช๐ณ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ณ. ๐๐ข๐บ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐๐ฐ๐ฅโ๐ด ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ข๐ด ๐๐ฆโ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐๐ช๐ด ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ. ๐๐ข๐บ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ช๐ฎ ๐ช๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถโ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ต๐ถ๐ค๐ฌ. ๐๐ข๐บ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐๐ช๐ฎ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ด๐ฆ ๐ช๐ง ๐๐ฆโ๐ด ๐ธ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ. โฃโฃ
โฃโฃ
โ๐๐ฐ๐ณ ๐โ๐ฎ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ข ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ-๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ. ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ, ๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ข๐ญ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐บ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐จ๐ถ๐ฏ! ๐๐ฐ๐ฏโ๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ต? ๐ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต!โ (Isaiah 43:19, Living Bible)