Psalm 51:10 (ESV)
Create in me a clean heart, O God,
and renew a
right spirit within me.
Junk mail -- those annoying letters that fill your mail
box. Along with the junk comes the delightful bills, and renewal notices. Of
course the junk, we can just throw away, the bills, unfortunately can't be
ignored, but the renewal notices, those we're thankful to see. Without them,
we'd likely forget that we need to renew our licenses, our credit cards,
membership cards, and whatever else. Without those renewal notices, we might go
to the ATM one day and not be able to get the cash we need because our card is
expired -- oops! We might be asked to show our identification and the
authorities might say, "Sorry Charlie, this license is not valid - you
didn't renew it!"
Sadly though, the most important things in life that need
renewing do not come with renewal notices. We will never open a piece of mail
and see a notice to renew our love for our spouses, our children or our
friends. But if we don't continually renew our love for them, it will
eventually grow cold. We'll also never receive the most important renewal
notice -- to remind us to renew our relationship with God. Our relationship
with God is the most important relationship we can have. It must be renewed
daily!
My service to you. Here is your renewal notice. Renew
your love for the ones you love today. Renew your love for the Lord. Renew your
love for the things of God and for his calling upon your lives.
Dear Lord, help us renew our love for those around us
today as well as our love for You. Renew our spirit so that we may become more
like You. In the Name of Jesus, Amen.
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