Try Again

A new year always brings excitement around the possibility of realizing new dreams, fulfilling long lost desires, setting new goals and striving to achieve them.  Possibilities present themselves and seem to be endless.  We develop our wish list for how we want to live our lives and include things like having slimmer bodies, making healthier food choices, being more organized and becoming more financially responsible.  We make a pact to visit/talk to family and friends more often and although all of the planning is nice I'm sure for many of us it is not the first time we've attempted to order our lives in such manner.  We've attempted these tasks once before but were just not as successful as we would have liked to be.  The beauty of a new year, or a new day for that matter, is that there is a new opportunity to start again; do-over; repeat, and simply, try again.  A new day, a new hour, and even a new minute brings with it enough grace and mercy to allow you to "dust yourself off and try again."  The beauty of being children of God created in the imago Dei (image of God) is that we have the power of God's forgiveness to give us momentum and propel us forward to success.  We have the right to receive forgiveness from past failures and disappointments and press forward to victory. If you have ever felt like you just can't "make it happen" or "get it right" I want to encourage you to try again.  I decided to pick up the proverbial pen and begin my blog again.  It has been more than a year since my last entry and although I cannot guarantee that I won't be distracted, won't carve out enough time to be consistent with it, or become detached from it, I can make a conscious decision that no matter what happens, I will be gracious enough with myself to not judge, to forgive myself, and to try again.  Life happens!  Stuff happens!  We get distracted and we get pulled away.  What we must remember to do is to be patient with ourselves and not give up on ourselves.  We have goals to achieve, successes to realize and challenges to overcome but it can't happen if we don't try again.  You deserve some success in your life so go ahead, try again.  Check out Aliyah's video below for motivation and read the scriptures below for inspiration (highlighting mine.)

Peace and blessings-
Dr. T


Lamentations 3:22-26 NIV
22 Because of the LORD's great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. 23 They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. 24 I say to myself, "The LORD is my portion; therefore I will wait for him." 25 The LORD is good to those whose hope is in him, to the one who seeks him; 26it is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD.

2 Corinthians 5:17 NIV
17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!

Philippians 3:13c-14 NIV
Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, 14 I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.