Storey Peak at Sun Mountain Lodge

Storey Peak is to the right of Gardner Mt. near the North Cascades

Near the Methow river valley.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methow_River

 The harvest at your feet- is what it is. Yet, in all of this there is hope because your Lord is the Lord of new seasons.

God made you and your story. Your story is His story.      

   He has watched over you and kept you amidst life’s seasons.  

“If you’re a sinner living in a fallen world, it is impossible for you to look back at a legacy of perfect choices. You and I will have reason to regret until we are finally home with our Lord. Think about it: no reason anymore to want to unthink a thought, unsay a word or undo a choice. Therefore, in the middle of your regret, live with one eye on a regretless eternity to come. [i]

“You’re standing in a pile of leaves of your marriage, your extended family, your friendships and work. It’s tempting to sit down in the pile of leaves and examine leaf after leaf and wish you were holding a new bud from a new sapling, but you aren’t. With the new season comes the freedom to plant new and better seeds. With the new season comes the expectation of a new harvest of new fruit.”

It is vital that we arm ourselves with biblical strategies for dealing with regret. There is much that is still before you. You can participate in a real turn in your story. As God’s child, you have a reason to step forward in faith, hope and courage, embracing the new life that is always available to you because of the person and work of the Lord Jesus Christ.

[i] Tripp, Paul David. Lost in the Middle- Midlife and the Grace of God. Pages 108, 123-133. Shepherd Press. 2004.

“Oh sing to the Lord a new song;
    sing to the Lord, all the earth!
  Sing to the Lord, bless his name;
     tell of his salvation from day to day.
  Declare his glory among the nations,
    his marvelous works among all the peoples!
  For great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised;
    he is to be feared above all gods.” (Psalm 96:1-4)

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