that you put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man….Ephesians 4:22

We recently attended a wedding celebration for a good friend.  A wedding is always an exciting, new beginning.  However, due to the Covid-19 global pandemic, the actual wedding had taken place 51 weeks prior.  So, we celebrated with the young couple a renewal of their vows and another ‘new beginning’. 

We often long for things to be different.  So often there are things we want to put behind us and create new beginnings: old schools, old friends, old jobs, old habits, old behaviors, and on and on. We want the future to be different.  We look ahead to sometime down the road and long for a change but how do we get there? 

We may never get a second chance to make a first impression but as long as we are alive, we always have a chance to make a fresh start.  If we want things to be different 5 years from now, or 1 year from now, or even 100 days from now, then tomorrow needs to be different and we need to start today with the next right choice.  We make a new beginning with each different choice and each different action.  “Precept upon precept, line upon line, here a little, there a little.” Isaiah 28:10

You can choose to start on the 1^st day of the month, the 1^st day of the week, the 1^st day of the quarter, or tomorrow.  There is no better time to make a new beginning than today.

As we emerge from a pandemic-induced, quarantined, year of pause, what new beginnings do you need to make?  Start today!