September 22, 2025
Theme: New Beginnings — God’s Promise of Renewal
God is never still.
Even when life feels stuck, He is moving beneath the surface.
What looks like an ending can be the soil of a beginning.
What feels like loss can become the seed of life.
What seems barren can suddenly bloom.
The truth is: God delights in newness.
He is the Author of fresh starts, the Creator of dawn after dark.
Words of Light
“See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.”
— Isaiah 43:19 (NIV)
Reflection
We often cling to the old because it feels familiar, even if it no longer fits. Yet God whispers through Isaiah 43: “See, I am doing a new thing.” His call is not just to believe but to perceive — to open our eyes to what He’s already begun.
New things rarely arrive fully formed. They emerge quietly, like a sprout breaking through soil. Sometimes they begin in wilderness places, where nothing seems possible. But God specializes in the impossible: making rivers in deserts, paths through the wild.
Your tears, your waiting, your letting go — none of it is wasted. All of it is making space for the new.
So watch closely. The fresh thing He is bringing forth may already be springing up before you.
Pause and Consider
- Where in my life is God asking me to notice the new He is creating?
- What old thing do I need to release so I can perceive the new?
- How does Isaiah 43 shift my faith toward fresh beginnings?
Affirmation
God is doing a new thing in me.
I perceive it, I welcome it,
and I make room for it to grow.
New life springs up within me.
Peace,
Rita
Rita Lynn Berry, EdS, LCMHC, is a licensed clinical mental health counselor and the founder of NewVision Counseling and Consulting Services, PLLC. She is also the creator of the Journey to Me™ program and Mend n Muse Media™, where she shares tools and reflections that support healing, resilience, and self-love.