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5…The Right Path

Good morning! Have you noticed how the morning dew refreshes our plants and flowers outside? About five years ago, during one of my hospital stays, the kids sent me a floral arrangement. Along with the fresh flowers was a small plant. The plant had purple leaves and every morning, small pink flowers would bloom. They’d only stay open for a couple of hours, so you had to get up early to see the blooms. When the flowers wilted, we took the plant and planted it in its own pot. Over the years, we’ve kept dividing the plant. Now I have four pots of them hanging on my porch. In late fall, I’ll bring them inside and hang them in my mud room for the winter. They are the heartiest plants I’ve ever seen.

As I was watering them, I thought of the verses in Lamentations 3:22-23: “The Lord’s lovingkindnesses indeed never cease, for His compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is Thy faithfulness.” No matter what kind of a day you had yesterday, today is a new day, a fresh start. God’s mercy refreshes us just like the morning dew refreshes the plants. It doesn’t matter if you missed the mark by a mile yesterday or only by a bit, God gives us a new start each day.

I don’t know about you, but there have been many days that I thank the Lord that the day is over because I know tomorrow has to be better. The best way to start each new day is by being in God’s Word. I know mornings can be hectic but if you would give the Lord a few minutes, He will bless that time you spend with Him and start your day on the right path … the one leading straight to the Father!