{"id":24331,"date":"2015-02-09T01:45:54","date_gmt":"2015-02-09T06:45:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=24331"},"modified":"2015-02-09T01:49:39","modified_gmt":"2015-02-09T06:49:39","slug":"day-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2015\/02\/09\/day-one\/","title":{"rendered":"Day One"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16629\" src=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv.jpg\" alt=\"psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv\" width=\"341\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv.jpg 341w, https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv-300x175.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 341px) 100vw, 341px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Well, I wish I had a short-term memory<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Wish the only thing my eyes could see<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Was the future burning bright right in front of me<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> But I can&#8217;t stop looking back<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Yeah, I wish I was a perfect picture of<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Somebody who&#8217;s never not good enough<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> I try to measure up but I mess it up<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> And I wish I wasn&#8217;t like that<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">I wish I wasn&#8217;t wishing anymore<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Wish I could remember that nobody&#8217;s keeping score<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> I&#8217;m tired of throwing pennies in a well<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> I gotta do something<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Here goes nothin&#8217;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">It&#8217;s day one of the rest of my life<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> It&#8217;s day one of the best of my life<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> I&#8217;m marching on to the beat of a brand new drum<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Yeah, here I come<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> The future has begun<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Day one<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Well, every single day Your grace reminds me<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> That my best days are not behind me<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Wherever my yesterday may find me<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Well, I don&#8217;t have to stay there<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> See my hourglass is upside down<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> My someday soon is here and now<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> The clock is tickin&#8217;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> And I&#8217;m so sick and tired of missing out<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">It&#8217;s day one<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> And here comes the sun<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Every morning, every morning<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Every morning, mercy&#8217;s new<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Every morning, every morning<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Every morning, I will fix my eyes on You<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Every morning, every morning<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Every morning, mercy&#8217;s new<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Every morning, every morning<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Sun&#8217;s coming up, the beginning has begun<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Starting over, I&#8217;m starting over<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Starting over, I&#8217;m starting over, starting now<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> I&#8217;m starting over<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Starting over, I&#8217;m starting over<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Starting over<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Starting over, starting now<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> I&#8217;m starting over<\/span><\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Qq2Tp3asLU8?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Singer \/ Songwriter: Matthew West along with Pete Kipley<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">* \u00a0~ \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0~ \u00a0\u271e \u00a0~ \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0~ \u00a0*<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Because of the Lord\u2019s faithful love we do not perish, <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">for His mercies never end. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">They are new every morning; <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">great is Your faithfulness!<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Lamentations 3:22-23<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Every day we can start over!\u00a0\u00a0Isn\u2019t that awesome? \u00a0I don\u2019t know about you, but I can certainly use a do-over every now &amp; then. \u00a0(Ok, let\u2019s be real\u2014every day I need at least {1} do-over!)<\/p>\n<p>Does this describe you? \u201cBut I can&#8217;t stop looking back&#8230;.\u201d \u00a0I know it does me. \u00a0Too often I get focused on the past. \u00a0Satan loves to bring up our mistakes, our failures, and our bad choices to keep us from moving forward. \u00a0Isaiah 43:18 (NIV) tells us to \u201cForget the former things; do not dwell on the past.\u201d \u00a0Philippians 3:13b (NLT) reminds us to \u201c&#8230;Focus on this one thing: forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead,\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Or, as this song says:<br \/>\n\u201cWell, every single day Your grace reminds me<br \/>\nThat my best days are not behind me<br \/>\nWherever my yesterday may find me<br \/>\nWell, I don&#8217;t have to stay there\u201d<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">We do not have to remain locked in the past.<\/h4>\n<p>1 Peter 1:3 states that in \u201cHis great mercy, He has given us a new birth into a living hope&#8230;.\u201d Each day His mercies are new. Each day we have that living hope. Ephesians 4:23 (NIV) affirms that we are \u201c&#8230;made new in the attitude of your minds&#8230;.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I love this verse from Isaiah 60 (AMP):<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Arise [from the depression and prostration<br \/>\nin which circumstances have kept you\u00a0\u2014rise to a new life]!<br \/>\nShine (be radiant with the glory of the Lord),<br \/>\nfor your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you!<\/p>\n<p>We can arise from our past, our circumstances. \u00a0Each morning the glory of the Lord rises upon us! \u00a0Isn\u2019t that amazing? \u00a0I am astounded that He loves us that much. \u00a0Each morning we arise to a new life. Hallelujah!!!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> * \u00a0~ \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0~ \u00a0\u271e \u00a0~ \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0~ \u00a0* <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Father, I am so thankful that each day is the first day of the rest of our life. I am so thankful You view us through the blood of Christ and that His mercies are new each morning. Remind me to leave the past behind where it belongs and to look forward to the wonderful future You have for me. In Your Holy Name I ask this, Amen \u2013 It Is So!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, I wish I had a short-term memory Wish the only thing my eyes could see Was the future burning bright right in front of me But I can&#8217;t stop looking back Yeah, I wish I was a perfect picture of Somebody who&#8217;s never not good enough I try to measure up but I mess [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":164,"featured_media":16629,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4937],"tags":[5889,8391,2700,5674,1610,4932],"class_list":["post-24331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-psalms-hymns-and-spiritual-songs","tag-cynda-cottrill","tag-day-one","tag-isaiah-4318","tag-lamentations-322-23","tag-philippians-313","tag-psalms-hymns-spiritual-songs","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p39pHp-6kr","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/164"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24331"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24331\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24336,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24331\/revisions\/24336"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}