YOU ARE STILL MOVING FORWARD
Let the early-July sunrises remind you: even here, you are worthy of new beginnings in this new season, no matter your uncertainties.
Every day, you are changing. You are growing. You are becoming wiser with every life experience. You cannot compare yourself to your past self. You cannot discredit today's results because they weren't as good as yesterday's. Today is a new day all on its own and within it, there is room to do things differently. Within it, there is room for grace-filled new beginnings.
And to the one who is struggling to face the reality of the relationship that is no longer the same: Take heart. For you have known unimaginable heartbreak, and you have also known the morning sun over and over again. No matter how many countless sleepless nights, it matters that you have still known morning light. You have still experienced a brand new day. This brand new day, your life has become proof:
For all of the difficult moments that became a part of your story, there was so much more to you.
You managed to see the next day. You managed to find a way to rise above, anyway. Even in subtle ways. Even in the ways you learned to laugh again when joy seemed impossible., The way you kept turning your eyes to the sky at golden hour even when it didn’t seem like the Light was still pouring in. Again and again, that was grace. That was strength. You were growing and you were growing in every single one of those moments.
And here’s what is true:
You are still moving forward.
Yes, you are still moving forward.
Even in the wild of new disappointments.
Even in the slower moments of this season.
You have grown older and you have grown wiser
and you are not who you were last year.
You are not who you were last year.
Dare to believe,
dare to believe
you have grown since last year.
(This post here is an excerpt from the Storyteller App series called "Joy Right Here", available to download for iOS and Android! Free Daily Encouragement Notifications (no subscription required) plus premium features: Longer reads, device wallpapers, journal prompts, affirmations and more included. Free trial - no credit card required.)
Affirmation: “Amidst all of the change, I have grown so much since July of last year.”
Journal: List 3 ways you have grown since July of last year
Word of the day: Beginning “the point in time or space at which something starts.” (Oxford)
Sincerely,
Morgan
@thestorytellerco
@morganharpernichols
