The church crew :D

This is the group I am lucky enough to call my family here. They all are really awesome, and it is so encouraging to be walking around the base and see these people knowing that we share the same heart for Christ. The traveling Chaplain and his assistant were here last night for our Bible study too!

The chaplain shared a really strong passage with us too...last night it was all about not dwelling on the past. He brought up Isaiah 43:18-19

Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the desert and streams in the wasteland

For so long I've felt anchored to my past. See, I didn't realize that the enemy uses what's already happened to constantly anchor me to the past...to keep me from moving forward...to keep me from growing. But right here, in this scripture, the Lord says that He is doing a NEW THING!! He's not only giving me permission to let go, but He says that He's stepping in and making a way in the desert...and streams in the wasteland. I'm in a desert, in a wasteland...and it seems impossible to make a way--a single way. In this desolate place you could easily walk in any direction and not know the difference...but He says He's making A way. One way. The way out of here alive and thriving. It also seems impossible to make a stream in a wasteland. Especially a place where the only thing that runs and blows in this place is sand...and a minute after the rain ends, the water is gone. But He said it. He's doing something new in this desert...in me. He's bringing water-abundant life-to the desert. He's making a way where there is no way...and as impossible as it may seem, He said it...and I believe it. I no longer have to stare at the camcorder of my past and loath the shame. I no longer have to be anchored to the past. So let's get moving forward...if only I could remember how to walk...