I haven’t shared anything on here for while, so I thought I’d let you into my latest ponderings.

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I found myself quoting Lucy Maud Montgomery on my wall this morning. As I wrote it, I was thinking about the scenes that the line was used in in the movie, and it really struck me in a profound way.

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I shared this to Instagram:

I love this quote from Anne of Green Gables. While the context of the book is slightly different, the movie uses it in two moving scenes.
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The first time it is used in the movie, Anne is walking home with her teacher, Miss Stacey, after a devastating day. Miss Stacey is encouraging Anne’s dejected soul, which then inspires Anne to declare over herself, “Tomorrow is always fresh with no mistakes in it.” To which her teacher replies chuckling, “With no mistakes in it yet.”
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I love this line, because as Anne is invigorated with fresh hope for tomorrow, in which none of her past mistakes need dictate her future success, she is also reminded that she probably will make mistakes. But the emphasis here is on HOPE. Whether or not tomorrow goes well, she is encouraged to HOPE for good things in herself.
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The second scene is as Anne is looking despairingly at Gil. Miss Stacey is again at hand to offer wise advice, and quotes Anne’s afore said mantra. The context of the scene is that Anne is feeling somewhat betrayed and hurt by Gil. While her feelings are highly magnified by her sensitive soul and imagination, Gil has managed to wound her without even really realising it.
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I love this moment even more than the first. Miss Stacey turns this truth back on Anne and on effect says, “If tomorrow has hope for you, then it has hope for others too.” The emphasis here is on FORGIVENESS. Miss Stacey is helping Anne to apply the same grace that she has learned to apply to herself, and apply it to others. It’s a beautiful moment!
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Know that EACH day is fresh, bursting with hope and anticipation for you. And as you let your soul fill with grace and hope, step into the overflow and let it pour over all those around you. Forgiveness is theirs because forgiveness is yours.
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“The faithful love of the Lord never ends! His mercies never cease. Great is his faithfulness; His mercies begin afresh each morning.”

Lamentations 3:22‭-‬23 NLT

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It made me think about how often we don’t apply the same grace we do to oursleves to others, or vica versa. It can be easy to hope for oursleves, but we (I) can find that it’s hard to hope for the people who have hurt us. We can find oursleves expecting or even wanting them to fail. But this is SO far from what our Father has for us.

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As salt and light, we’re called to be people who endlessly and relentlessly speak LIFE over the people around us; even in our thought lives.

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We’re called to have the same love for others that He has for us, so when He says, “For I know the plans I have for you,… They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.”
(Jeremiah 29:11 NLT) we’re called to say that over the people around us. We’re called to hope for them and walk along side them into freedom. No matter how many times we or they fail.

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Because, as Anne says, “Tomorrow is a new day, with no mistakes in it yet. “