A New Start Every Day

Available for 19 days

A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with singer and musician Ruth Jennings. Good Morning.For any musical lovers out there, you’ll probably know the song- ‘Seasons of Love’ from Rent. It famously tells us there are five hundred, twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes in a year. The song then questions what we’re going to do with all that time? The 1st January feels like a new start. And we have all those minutes to fill wisely! We make resolutions to improve our lives, ourselves, our relationships . But lots of us have broken our resolutions by week two and feel like we’ve failed. I was thinking about the Israelites in the desert who were given fresh manna each day. God sent new provision every morning. The manna would appear in the morning but could not be kept for the next day except on the sabbath. No matter how much each person gathered, everyone had just enough for what they needed. Lamentations 3: says: The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness". The 1st of January is a new start, but so is the 2nd and the 3rd. Each day is a new start, another chance to experience all the things this incredible world has to offer as well as a chance to replenish our relationship with God. And if we haven’t considered him today, God gives us grace to try again tomorrow. Or as Anne of Green Gables would say “tomorrow is always fresh with no mistakes in it!” Heavenly Father, Thank you that your mercies are new every morning, that we can always come to you and you will provide. In 2026 we pray that you would renew our minds, our hearts, and our spirits. When we face challenges this coming year, grant us strength and courage. And help us remember we can always turn to you. Amen