Advent Alphabet - "Y" - "Yesterday"

“Jesus Christ (the Messiah) is always the same, yesterday, today, yes and forever.” (Hebrew 13:8) We are getting ready to “ring in the New Year.” 2015 will soon be gone. Although we might like to, we can’t live it over. There are probably some mistakes we made, some words we said, some hurts we inflicted, and some things we should have done that we didn’t. All these things we have regrets over. We have had a lot of good things we are glad to look back on – the fun things with family and friends; the accomplishments we have achieved, with God’s help; the time and effort we have sacrificed to help others; and things we can feel good about, with no regrets. All these things, good or bad, we should give thanks for (Eph.3:20; I Thess.5:18). Hopefully we have learned from the bad and have had our reward of joy for the good. We have one chance at this life, yesterday is gone and we have only today and tomorrow to look forward to. “Yesterday” is a song the Beatles made popular several years ago, some of its words are appropriate for this writing, but they never have any hope for today or tomorrow. Because our only hope is in Jesus to forgive the wrongs of yesterday, and through His help, make today and all our tomorrows fit into His plan. Romans 8:28 says, “We know that God being a partner in our labor all things work together for good for those who love God and are called according to His design and purpose.” Yesterday (by The Beatles) Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away, Now it looks as though they're here to stay. Oh, I believe in yesterday. Suddenly, I'm not half the man I used to be, there's a shadow hanging over me. Oh, yesterday came suddenly, why she had to go I don't know, she wouldn't say. I said something wrong, now I long for yesterday. Yesterday, love was such an easy game to play, now I need a place to hide away Oh, I believe in yesterday. The Beatles might have believed in yesterday, but we that are “walking with God” can believe in today, tomorrow and forever, because Jesus is the same as He was yesterday, He will be today and tomorrow. Yesterday He was faithful and true, all knowing, all loving, all powerful, all just, ever present, and whatever we needed – The Great I Am! And today and all our tomorrows He will be the same as He was yesterday! Thomas O. Chisholm said it this way in the lyrics to this song: Great Is Your Faithfulness Great is your faithfulness, O God my Father! There is no shadow of turning with You. You Change not – Your compassions, they fail not. As You have been You forever will be.” Blog Address: http://lightfrommywindow.blogspot.com