Turning The Page
- Jena Forehand
- Sep 30, 2021
- 2 min read
As I was sitting with the Lord, I was pondering fall and the falling of leaves. I was thinking how leaves detach from the tree probably from a jostle of the limb or from a wind strong enough to blow it off. Then it floats on the wind until it finds a resting place.

Many of us may have experienced something that has absolutely jostled you to your core. It was unexpected, and almost surprising, coming from practically out of nowhere. You were not prepared. Sudden job loss. Change. Pain. Death.
I want to encourage you to let the winds of the Holy Spirit carry you gently, purposefully, and lovingly through. I want to encourage you to rest in knowing that He is carrying you and will not leave you. He has you and He has everything under control. He can be trusted.
You know there is a saying we have often heard that says this: “I’m turning over a new leaf.” That phrase originated way back in the 16th century, when pages in books were referred to as leaves. So turning over a new leaf meant that one was turning to a blank page.
Perhaps God is desiring you to turn the page, to turn over a new leaf to a blank piece of paper, because He has some new things He wants to write with your life. Stop trying to erase and write over past pages. They are there and they are a part of your story. But don’t get stuck on that page or that heartache or that “out of nowhere” circumstance. Turn the page. Give God a blank sheet for the days to come.
Ephesians 2:10 says that we are God’s workmanship. That word is “poema” and it is where we get the word “poem”. You are God’s poem. He is writing a beautiful story with your life. So rest in that. Turn the page and surrender the pen to Him.
You are so loved,
Jena
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I feel like I am definitely in the season of turning leaves and pages. I'm excited to see what the Lord has with closing doors and opening new ones! Thank you for this Jena!
I have a gold leaf hanging in my kitchen because God always gives me leaves to remind me that He is always changing me and that I’m having a turning point and letting go of things from grace to grace! Crazy divine, this morning in homeschool Sarah’s reading video was on writing Tonka Poems and the lady said she wrote about “leaves falling“ ! haha God is so faithful to speak and confirm! I’m reminded of what we have also learned in 4th grade science how dead leaves go back into the soil and is food for the plants and trees! God recycles our past and our pain to help nourish others! 🥰🙏 Thanks sister! ❤️
God is making us new every morning for His glory. It is so hard to avoid the lies of the enemy that we are stuck in “yesterday” and that those difficult places define who we are, but as believers we are being made to His image. So every day I must remind myself that I am not taking God on my journey but I am following Him, He writes the page. Hallelujah and Amen!!!!