THE GIFT OF GOODBYE 

September 1, 2026

 

 

"Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature; old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.” 2 Corinthians 5:17‬ ‭KJV‬‬

 

We often hear the word goodbye, or we say it simply because it’s the thing to do. “Bye. See you later. Goodbye.” But when you really break down the word goodbye, what does it mean for there to be a goodbye? Is there a difference between saying goodbye and just saying bye? Are there bad byes? Are there good byes? I believe there is such a thing as a GOOD bye, and in this month of September, as we transition into a new season and the Hebrew year of 5787, I believe it’s time for us to say goodbye to the old version of ourselves and push through into the new.

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A perfect example of this is Hadassah, who became Esther. Hadassah meant myrtle, and in some variations bitter. She indeed had a bitter past as both of her parents were deceased, she became an orphan and had to be taken in by Mordecai. Despite her circumstances, Mordecai saw something in her, invested in her, pushed her, and positioned her to become the version of herself that was already on the inside of her. Her new name, Esther means star. There was always a star inside of Hadassah; she simply had to go through the process for that star to be revealed. And that’s what I want you to understand: becoming a new version of yourself is a process. It doesn’t happen overnight.

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As we enter the fall season, we’ll see things that were planted in previous seasons begin to produce a harvest. But there are also things being planted now that won’t spring forth until another season. You must go through the process. Sometimes that means saying goodbye to old habits, old ways, old mindsets, and even old places, not necessarily geographic places, but mental places. Peter had to take his eyes off of the circumstance and keep them on Jesus as he walked on water. When he focused on the circumstance, he began to sink. How many supernatural things have we missed because we were so focused on the struggle that we didn’t realize God had given us the ability to do what the average person could not do? It could only be His super on top of our natural.

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So let September be the month where you begin to birth out the new version of yourself but give yourself grace. Just as a baby must learn how to crawl before it walks and walks before it runs, you must give yourself permission to go through the process. Think about a software update: sometimes an update is necessary because there are bugs in the old system that need to be removed. Sometimes, the version of you that God is bringing forth requires an upgrade. You may have to say goodbye to what has been to fully function in what is next.

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