The LORD’s acts of mercy are not exhausted,
his compassion is not spent;
They are renewed each morning—
great is your faithfulness!
The LORD is my portion, I tell myself,
therefore I will hope in him.
Lamentations 3:22-24
Even in retirement, when I don’t have a place where I need to be or a bus schedule I need to follow, I’ve become an early riser. I’m often at my desk downstairs in my home office by 6 am, to sort through overnight emails, scan the headlines and plot my day. After I’ve made my coffee, the first thing I do is walk to the window and crack open the blinds. I take a look down our block.
And there it is, to the east. A burst of orange and blue. Another Florida sunrise.
It never fails to give me a sense of purpose and hope. This is God sending me his daily renewal notice.
“You have another shot,” he says. “Take a moment. Look at what I have made for you. No matter what you think about yesterday, try this. You can begin again. Really. Do it. I believe in you. Let’s do this together.”
Anything seems possible because God has made it so. What will I do with that?
Generous God, thank you for the gift of morning, the promise of another day, the hope of a new beginning.
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This is an excerpt from A Path To Hope, by Living Faith writers. Copyright 2025 Creative Communications for the Parish. Used with permission.
