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Hallelujah to life!!!

It's the Easter season....life is everywhere! But there had to be and still has to be death first. I'm asking myself today...."what do you need to let 'die', Ann?".

I'm not good at change....seems you need to hang onto everything without having to say "goodbye" to it, which seems sad, even if it's the arrangement of furniture in my living/great/gathering room. I have no idea why I feel it's sacred to let things stay the same...at the risk of sometimes having to drag the "old" day after day, wearing myself out,leaving little energy for the "new" things God could perhaps want to do in my life. I'm working on the trust in letting go.

I'm watching a couple of guys work in my little courtyard, digging out those awful looking plants, or whatever they are :)....they're taking out a lot of half-dead, ugly stuff, but oh my, what beautiful pieces of green grass they're putting down,my shrubs look somewhat symetrical for the first time in years...I think I almost have a new courtyard, but that new beauty would haven't shown up at all had they not dug and trimmed and cut out and dug and trimmed away that that shouldn't be there any longer.

I'm asking God on this Easter weekend to take out all the ugly stuff that diminishes all the "new mercies" He gives to me each day. How 'bout you?

AnnD

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  1. Sue DuffieldApril 22, 2011 at 4:11 PM

    His mercies are new EVERY morning. Proud of you bloggin' and tacklin' the continual gut-wrenching reality of what it takes to stay connected, creative and "looking" for the all the joys in which to write about. Happy Easter, Ann!

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  2. LaDonnaApril 22, 2011 at 4:55 PM

    Thank the Lord that He helps us as we get rid of that baggage that seemingly drags us down and keeps us from moving ahead and experiencing the new. The old has to go, to make room and yes, Ann, I'm so thankful for His "new mercies" that He provides to us over and over again as we move forward in Him. I love the comparatives you use as it really causes me to think and apply it more to my life. I'm excited about the new life He brings as the dead stuff is removed. :)

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