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“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 (ESV)

Flipped the calendar to 2024 this morning – the beginning of a new year.  What an awesome feeling to experience the start of 365 days.  Adventures we’ve never experienced before.  A journey unknown to us yet full of promise and hope.  The rewriting of the past  – the list is endlessly full of potential. Interesting how emotions soar as the clock strikes twelve welcoming us into new and waving goodbye to old.

Keeping it real here – I’m a fan of the calendar flip and all the hope-infused moments as we move into a new year, but new isn’t regulated to January 1. We miss so much if we tag new to a calendar.  Break down those 365 into twelve months of firsts and we will discover new happens at the beginning of each month. And what about all those Mondays as we tackle another week? Taking it even simpler, we find new happens every morning – the breaking of dawn and first breaths into new as the sun rises.

Absolutely love thoughts of new – beginnings which aren’t defined by time, but rather offered by our loving Father.  Not only does He desire new for us; our God offers us new every morning. New mercies that never end.  Steadfast (chesed) love which never ceases. A devoted, committed expression of God’s faithfulness to His people.

Wow, I don’t know about you but welcoming new every day eases us from being stuck with our failings of yesterday to waking up loved and covered in His mercy.  Released from shame and guilt hanging over our heads and weighing us down before our feet even hit the floor. God doesn’t define our tomorrows by our yesterdays.

Can’t think of a better way to approach 2024 than to drink deep of God’s love and purposefully choose to keep in step with Him for our 365 days.  To seize every new opportunity to walk in obedience.  To devote ourselves to reflecting the character of our God to our world. To passionately pursue His heart instead of longing for lesser things.  To intentionally use our days to glorify Him with our choices, words, thoughts and reactions.

When the clock strikes midnight, 2024 will rush in – a new year full of possibilities.   A clean slate.  A fresh start. One divinely orchestrated by our sovereign and faithful God.  Covered by His unending love and mercy, we can receive new every morning – best do-over ever.

“Father, we are so blessed to be loved by You and washed in Your mercy every day. Help us to learn from those moments when we miss the mark and purposefully choose to follow hard after You.”

For His Glory

Janet Martin
TRBC Women’s Life