My word for today: New!
Life is new today! Each day is a new gift from God, a day never before seen or experienced, with new opportunities, new challenges, new abundance, and new evidences of God’s presence and power.
Today life is new because Jan and I are in our new house in Tulsa. Our few personal possessions have also made the move, but many of those things are still in boxes. The unpacking process is part of the newness.
Life is renewed today! God renews us day by day internally, even as our outward physical body wears and weakens. Life is fresh and vibrant. The calendar says it is fall, and the lower temperatures suggest summer may be near its last hurrah for this year. Fall gives opportunities to celebrate the abundance of life and the bounty of the harvest.
The possibility of life renewal is always present. The newness that matters most of all is the newness that is possible in Christ Jesus. This newness comes through Christ as we are raised to walk in newness of life following our baptism. This newness continues in the daily walk of a Christian with God.