Hello ,

Letting go and moving on is a difficult, painful process. Bad relationships, bad decisions-we tend to revisit the moments when we were not-so-smart (or when others were not-so-smart), beating ourselves up for our mistakes or blaming others for the ways they've hurt us. That's why Jeff Goldblatt started what he hopes will become a movement-"Get Over It Day." The day, which was recently featured on Good Morning America, falls on March 9th, which happens to be midway between Valentine's Day and April Fool's Day.

The idea behind "Get Over It Day" is simple: all of us have something-an ex-boyfriend or ex-girlfriend, stressful school or work-related issues, fears and insecurities, embarrassing moments, bad relationships, and so on. "Get Over It Day" motivates people to use sheer will-power and move on-no matter how deep the scars. Goldblatt's website even sells "get over it" and provides helpful hints like, "If you're not sure what you have to get over, just ask your friends what they're tired of hearing you complain about."*

Many people use December 31st as "just get over it" day, and they promise themselves that tomorrow begins a new life; a new way of thinking and feeling, and the courage to finally pull themselves up by their own boot-straps.  I respect that mindset, but might I suggest that if we make that decision, that we'll need more than a little help to see it through?  

God wants to be part of our daily lives...in each moment of every day. If we will allow Him to do the changing and re-arranging, we can experience a real difference in our lives. Today is the last day of 2013. We may have made mistakes, and even stumbled in some pretty amazing ways over the past year.  If we give our struggles to God however, He can make every day a day of new beginnings.

Have a great day and God bless!

Pastor Mike / The Open Word

P.S.  Tomorrow we're going to begin our "reading through the Bible" journey together.  Starting tomorrow, I'm going to list a "morning" passage of scripture, and an "evening" passage.  I encourage you to read them everyday...and by the end of 2014 you will have read through the entire Bible. Please have your favorite Bible handy so that you can read the suggested passages. May God bless you on this amazing journey!