New Every Morning

Easter Devotional 2023 - Week 4 - A Prayer

Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed,

for his compassions never fail.

They are new every morning;

great is your faithfulness.

(Lamentations 3:22-23)

Today is new, oh God,

The light is gathering and spilling onto everything.

The sleeping and the sleepy.

The trees brushing the window.

Even the unwashed dishes know it’s time.

What a gift.

Unopened.

Lord, you know the obstacle course ahead.

The intractability of most of my problems.

The irritations I will need to smile through.

The forgetfulness that will undo my best efforts.

And the fights I will need to pick because

someone really should.

But bring me back to this moment, God.

The gratitude that rises up within me

Lifts my eyes and settles my soul.

Resurrection has happened again today–

You made the sun rise,

And brought love to the world already,

In the shape of a cross.

The hardest work is already done.

The work that remains is simply more of it:

More love, more trust,

More faith in the unseen pleasure you take

Just gazing at us, sitting here.

We look ahead at a day that we can’t control

But will be, somehow, already yours.

-Kate C. Bowler

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