October 14, 2019

It’s Monday – the beginning of a new week. New starts are vitally important. They are important because given our recalcitrant and recidivistic nature there is always the need to start anew.  But, deeply embedded in our life in Christ is this truth – the wrongs and dead ends and boneheaded maneuvers of yesterday and the day before do not and cannot be the final story.  

This is not just platitudinal.  It’s scriptural. “The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.” (Lamentations 3:22-23) Although our wayward ways will never come to an end on this side of the Jordan, neither will God’s mercies. When you turn the page on a new day, you will find His steadfast love already written there.

“O God, the King eternal, whose light divides the day from the night and turns the shadow of death into the morning: Drive far from us all wrong desires, incline our hearts to keep your law, and guide our feet into the way of peace; that, having done your will with cheerfulness during the day, we may, when night comes, rejoice to give you thanks, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.” (A Collect for the Renewal of Life – BCP p. 99)