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APRIL 21<br />
DAILY RENEWAL<br />
“Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.” (Ps<br />
50/51: 10)<br />
Another day, another renewal. I ask today that God “renew a right spirit<br />
within me,” because He does that, in ever-new ways, every day. He always<br />
has renewal and new creation on offer, “creating” in me a clean heart,<br />
when I look to Him, to His Spirit. When I look to the world, on the other<br />
hand, in a God-less manner, there is the “old“ and ultimately predictable.<br />
I myself become “old“ and predictable, when I turn to grace-less selfreliance,<br />
leaving God out of the picture.<br />
I’m thinking about this wonderful, “renewable“ aspect of the spiritual<br />
journey today, because I overslept this morning. My schedule was thrown<br />
off and I felt frustrated. The world was already up and about, and I was<br />
behind.<br />
But I have a God Who has renewal on offer, at whatever time I choose to<br />
ask for it. I am called to “walk in newness of life“ (Rom 6: 4) in His Son,<br />
Who carries my burdens and nails my shortcomings to a cross. Today I<br />
hand my frustration over to Him in gratitude, and let His grace make me<br />
new, again. “Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit<br />
within me.”<br />
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