Everyday Holy, September 2021

His mercies are new every morning. (Lamentations 3:22-23) And in Revelation 21:5, the Lord says, “See, I am making all things new.”

But in 2021, when the news feed screams about death and inflation and people left behind and sickness and . . .

It really doesn’t feel like new mercies each day, or as though anything is being made new. It gives me anxiety and tempts me, a usually hopeful and optimistic person, to give up hope. More than a few times, my husband and I have talked about “what is this all for?!”, and what keeps us going.

It comes down to trusting in the promise. Either what God speaks through His Word in Scripture was true then and remains true today, or it’s not. And if it’s true, then there’s more than to this life than what the dire news cycle wants us to believe. And if His Word is not true, then there is no point and all is lost. All is despair. (call me dramatic. But what is there if God’s promise is not true?)

For years I’ve fought the devil named Despair (some of you know that story). I battle that by clinging to Hope and fighting for it. I will believe the Word is true and His mercies are new, even if it seems ridiculous.

I’ve walked 1-2 miles almost every morning this month, just before the sunrise. Watching the sky transform from darkness to colors to blue is more than just a pleasantry to start my day. The sunrise *is* God’s visible sign to me, reminding of the promise.

Behold, I am making all things new . . . these words are faithful and true.

Revelation 21:5, New American Standard Bible translation

Sunrises give me hope and renew my trust in the promise (um, hi. Why else would God make a new beautiful sky every day?). Sunrises seem magical and mysterious and miraculous to me. Every morning the sky is different but the same, the sun still rises, the clouds are brilliant and pink or bursting with golden light, the birds dance black against the colors changing from orange and red to pale yellow and blue . . . The sunrises are just one way I know I can trust Him. “See, I am making all things new.” Every sunrise is new.

And that’s all for now. The hope found in sunrises. I genuinely hope for you that you have something like that, too. Something to remind you of His promises.