{"id":25749,"date":"2015-05-10T00:15:30","date_gmt":"2015-05-10T04:15:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=25749"},"modified":"2015-05-09T22:51:39","modified_gmt":"2015-05-10T02:51:39","slug":"day-one-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2015\/05\/10\/day-one-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Day One"},"content":{"rendered":"<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><\/p>\n<p><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 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>I wish I wasn&#8217;t wishing anymore<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> <em> Wish I could remember that nobody&#8217;s keeping score<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> <em> I&#8217;m tired of throwing pennies in a well<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> <em> I gotta do something<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> <em> Here goes nothin&#8217;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>It&#8217;s day one of the rest of my life<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> <em> It&#8217;s day one of the best of my life<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> <em> I&#8217;m marching on to the beat of a brand new drum<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> <em> Yeah, here I come<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> <em> The future has begun<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> <em> Day one<\/em><\/span><\/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><\/p>\n<p><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><\/p>\n<p><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\/YxCI-8lUjfo?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Matthew West<br \/>\nWritten along with Pete Kipley<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> *\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0~ \u00a0 \u2665 \u00a0 ~\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u271e\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0~ \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 * <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>There is something to starting over&#8212;the past is the past and there is a new day to try again. \u00a0Our God is the God of second (and third) chances and so much more. \u00a0He has so much grace and mercy to shower on us freely and promises that we can cling to when we are struggling.<\/p>\n<p>On the day that we cross over from death to life, we receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. \u00a0Day in and day out we are guided in our words and actions, but there are times that we do not choose to obey those nudges and we make choices that we aren&#8217;t happy about. \u00a0God forgives always and He asks us not to go back there&#8212;the past, that is. \u00a0We are to go forward with joy and know that something good will come out of it and that your Father erases them, over and over.<\/p>\n<p>His Word is so full of hope and promises to claim. Here are a few:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The faithful love of the Lord never ends!<br \/>\nHis mercies never cease.<br \/>\nGreat is His faithfulness;<br \/>\nHis mercies begin afresh each morning.<br \/>\nLamentations 3:22-23 NLT<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">For His anger is but for a moment,<br \/>\nHis favor is for life;<br \/>\nWeeping may endure for a night,<br \/>\nBut joy comes in the morning.<br \/>\nPsalm 30:5 NKJV<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> *\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0~ \u00a0 \u2665 \u00a0 ~\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u271e\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0~ \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 * <\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Let us pray<\/span><\/em>: Dear God, You are our joy and treasure. \u00a0Your love is neverending and Your promises always come true. \u00a0You give us fresh starts over and over and You never turn us away. \u00a0Oh Lord, thank You for Your mercy and grace. \u00a0Thank You for wiping our tears and giving us a new hope for the future. \u00a0Give us strength and courage to keep walking in faith and to never lose hope. \u00a0We love You. \u00a0In Jesus&#8217; name, amen.<\/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":29,"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":[8391,1287,425,589,5674,5143,8843,4932,938],"class_list":["post-25749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-psalms-hymns-and-spiritual-songs","tag-day-one","tag-gch","tag-girlfriends-coffee-hour","tag-kim-spring","tag-lamentations-322-23","tag-matthew-west","tag-psalms-305","tag-psalms-hymns-spiritual-songs","tag-scripture","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-6Hj","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25749","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\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25749"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25749\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25761,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25749\/revisions\/25761"}],"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=25749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}