Make Way For The New

by Kay Heitsch

Notice how the trees do not cling to their leaves. Fall is about releasing the old to make way for the new. ~ Thanksgiving Quotes ~

I had not thought about the way trees release their leaves to make way for the new leaves to come like this before. Some trees release their old leaves right away. However, some hold on to the old ones for dear life.

Our lives can be like that. We hold on to some old dead things that need to go. When we let go of the old dead things in our lives we can make way for the new things ahead.

Today's Bible verse reminds us to stop thinking about the past and look for the new. "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?" Isaiah 43:18 & 19.

I will never look at leaves in the fall the same way again. We need to release the old to make way for the new.