it's in the air & new beginnings

There is no mistaking it:

 it’s in the air. 

 Just this week we got a short respite from the heat and humidity here in Charlotte.  It makes me want to jump up and call the weatherman blessed:)  By Monday it could be 102 again with 100% humidity, but for now- ha-le-luuu- autumn is in the air.

 Fall is the best season for many reasons. The crispiness in the air is  #1.

2.Football is back, need I say more? Yaaaaaa Baby!

don't worry panthers fans, Cam will be better this Sunday:)

3.The colors are  superior in every way

4.Did I mention football?

fyi to Clemson fans:  my gamecocks will beat you again this year:)

5.The kids are back in school- a grade smarter

6.You guessed it -FOOTBALL

OK Baylor Bears- no more RG3  time to step it up!

7.It’s a time for new beginnings.

While we many times think of spring for our new beginnings, somehow for me, fall has always been that time...

 It’s the time when I breathe in deeply, exhale, and say, ”OK Lord- now is the time, I am really going to do it NOW” … Usually it has to do with running my race with my Jesus. 

Scripture has lots to tell us about new beginnings. When Jesus came to this earth it was a whole new deal.  Seemed a little “what in the cat hair”  crazy for the Jewish folks at the time, but for those who joined Him, and decided to run the race with Him, 

 it was more than life changing...it was eternity changing.

Hebrews 9:15
For this reason Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance—now that he has died as a ransom to set them free from the sins committed under the first covenant.

WHAT in the Cat Hair? God’s Covenant with Abraham, Issac and Jacob replaced? It was unfathomable.

But True.

As a matter of fact, this new deal was foretold to us many times in the Old Testament :

Ezekiel 36:26
I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.

So what do you think? 

Are you ready to have your heart of stone replaced?

Are you ready to join this race with Jesus?

Have you been running this race for awhile- but it is time for a tune up? 

 

 Is it Time for a “new beginning”?

Fall is the time of year.    GO FOR IT.

It’s in the air…. Trust me.

Here is what Paul the apostle has to say:

Hebrews 12:1-2 “Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, ² fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of  our faith…”

So kids- join me in a new beginning. 

Run the race.

Who knows, you might just make a touchdown.  And if you don’t, if you fall down, like many racers or football players do… 

well, your God has that covered too.

Lamentations 3:22-23

Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed,
 for his compassions never fail.

 They are new every morning;
  great is His faithfulness.