“New Season – New You!”

It is finally my favorite time of year: FALL! I’m not sure from where you are reading this but here in GA, it is finally starting to actually feel like fall. My backyard is still pretty green but I do see some of the leaves changing. I spend my mornings out on our back porch and I notice different birds have arrived from the north. The mornings and evenings are cooler. You can just feel it.

While fall is beautiful to me, I also know that it signifies the beginning of the end. Soon all the leaves will be gone from the trees. My backyard will look empty. But I know this is part of the process in nature. Things must die off in order for new life to begin.

This immediately reminds me of Jesus. He died and rose to life to give me life. And sin must die – I must die to myself so that new life in Christ may begin.

It is nothing I have done. It is all about what Jesus did and is doing. God makes all things new.

2 Corinthians 5:17-19 says: This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun! And all of this is a gift from God, who brought us back to himself through Christ.

No matter what your life is like, He can make you new. No matter who you may have been in the past. In him, you are a new creation. He can use you in ways you’ve never dreamed of. All he asks, is that we believe and accept His free gift of salvation, surrendering our lives to Him and allowing Him to change us from the inside out.

God bless you all!

Heather Hanton
Ministries and Media Specialist
The Salvation Army USA Central Territory
Women’s Ministries Department