“New every morning”

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

Verse Reflections:  Every morning God give us new grace!  If we “fail” the day before, we get to wake up, breathe in the fresh air of His compassion and start over again.  We do not have to be consumed by our temptations, consumed by regrets from the past, consumed by our issues.  His love, His kindness gives us new lives EVERY day.  This is why I chose Christianity.  I cannot work my way into His grace.  I cannot be good enough for His grace.  It is because of His love, his mercy that we have second, third and fourth… chances.  His compassions do not fail even when we fail.  One of the reasons I majored in psychology was because it amazed me that God loves everyone.  He does not give up on people when others do.  How amazing!  I have failed at eating right for decades and yet I do not have to be consumed by this fact.  It does not rule today, His compassions “are new every morning”.  His faithfulness is so great that I get to start over and make this work.  Just this morning I woke up wanting to order a pizza for lunch and eat the whole thing.  The good news is that I made the hard choice not to.  This verse restores my resolve and it is resolve.  It is not easy, it is not fun.  But the Lord is gracious, His mercies never come to an end.  He is faithful, today is a new day and so we can do this.

Prayer:  Lord, I absolutely love this verse.  I do not have to be consumed by my failures.  Your lovingkindness is amazing.  Help me wake up and remember that Your compassions are new every morning.  Every day I get to start over and be a new and better person.  Thank You for this privilege.  Thank You for this freedom.   I love eating Your foods, God foods.  Thank You for Your compassion, Your loving kindnesses, your faithfulness. Three beautiful qualities.  This verse really does restore my resolve to eat God foods plus one.  This lifestyle rocks.  Ican do this with verses like the one above that give me a fresh start every day.  It is easier than anything else I have ever done even when it is hard.  So today, thank You for the power in Your word.  It truly seeps into my soul and makes me a different person.  I don’t understand the power in Your word, but I live it.  Every day that I begin with words like these I am able to live in Your grace with resolve to eat as You want me to eat.  You have given me this Holy, Holy temple and I want to honor it and treasure it by giving it the nutrition and foods it deserves.  Love You bunches.  Me.