God was with me there.There are some seasons of our lives that we would never voluntarily choose to experience again. If somebody gave you a button and said, "You can go back and relive that season exactly as it happened," you'd probably say, "No thank you." Because some seasons hurt.Some seasons were confusing.Some seasons were lonely.Some seasons involved loss.Some seasons involved disappointment.Some seasons involved starting over.Some seasons involved making mistakes.Some seasons involved things happening that you didn't understand.And if we're honest, sometimes when we look back, we only see the pain. But what if you looked again?What if instead of only remembering what happened, you remembered Who was with you while it was happening?#anewyou #anewmindset #grateful #godwasthere #thankful

Psalm 100:4 says, "Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name." Notice the verb 'enter'. Thanksgiving is the gate you walk through to get somewhere. It's not a mood that has to arrive first. It's a decision that opens something.If November finds you in an easier season than October was, wonderful, and let thanksgiving be natural. But if November finds you still in the middle of something hard, I want you to hear this: thanksgiving isn't dishonest about your pain. It's a way of entering God's presence in spite of it, not instead of it.This month, we're going to practice being thankful for God's presence in the waiting, for the people who stayed, and for the whole story, hard parts included. Not because everything is fine. Because thanksgiving was never conditional on everything being fine.#anewyou #exposeit #thankful #grateful #thankfullness #gratitude

Trust Again To Move Forward I think sometimes we say we want to move forward...but we're still carrying everything that happened behind us.The disappointment.The betrayal.The regret.The fear.The resentment.The version of ourselves we don't like anymore. And then we wonder why moving forward feels so heavy.Beautiful, you don't have to forget your past to move forward.You just have to stop allowing it to lead you.Your past can teach you.It can give you wisdom.It can sharpen your discernment.It can show you what matters.But it doesn't have to make every decision for you.You can remember without reliving.You can forgive without forgetting the lesson.You can trust again without becoming naïve.You can love again without abandoning your boundaries.You can hope again without pretending you won't ever be disappointed.That's what moving forward looks like. Not pretending nothing happened. But refusing to let what happened become the ceiling over what God can still do.So as we close this month, I want you to think about this:What are you ready to stop carrying?And then ask:What are you ready to trust God with?Because there is a difference between remembering your story...and remaining trapped inside it.Your past is part of your story.But it does not have to lead your future.#trustingagain #choosingtotrust #releasethehurt #moveforward #lettinggoofthepast #anewyou #exposeit