Journeying along the Way 5 - The newness of the norning

Psalm 143:8 Let me hear in the morning of your steadfast love, for in you I trust. Make me know the way I should go, for to you I lift up my soul.

New ev’ry morning?

Yet I feel old,

Aged by my own deceit

Of shadowing Your new daylight,

Pure glow, tranquility.

I strive to be,

And that is me,

One tries hard to reach

The height of which your love seeks

The place where love is seen.

But as I listen to your word.

As timeless as you grace;

I also listen to the world

Confused, bemused, disgraced.

I clamour to be made anew,

But soiled, soiled by this dirt,

This filth that stains my very soul

I stumble neath the rising sun

Alone, confused and hurt.

I stand as if day’s not begun.

As if all life was dark.

New morning light

Shine in my heart.

I want to be renewed!

"God does not give us everything we want, but He does fulfil His promises, leading us along the best and straightest paths to Himself." Dietrich Bonhoeffer