New Every Day

New:  Linking up at http://thegypsymama.com/2011/08/five-minute-friday-new/ and at http://www.projectalicia.com/search/label/Crazy%20Days%20of%20Summer and at http://skyley.blogspot.com/

Lord, I want to be new every day.  I see how You have made me new already.  You renew me.  Every morning, remind me to sing, "This is the day that the Lord hath made.  I will rejoice and be glad in it."  It is only when I acknowledge Your presence and Your sovereignty that things can happen.  That I can be changed.  Sometimes, I fall into the mistaken thought process that Your work is done.  But You are not finished with me.  It is ego that tells me, I have nothing left to work on.  That's a laugh.  I'm grateful that You are gentle with Your touch.  That You can point things out to me without condemnation.  I know now how to discern Your voice from that of the enemy.  You are a Lover of my soul.  You love me too much to leave me the way I am.  Help me to remember this as I deal with others, too, God.  Sometimes, I fall into that trap of believing that people are lost causes.  But You can make all things new.  Give me hope, God.  Help me to see with Your eyes.