Our inner self is being renewed day by day.

2 Corinthians 4:16b

The clothesline stretched along the classroom wall. Each week, my students clipped on another Bible story picture as a reminder of God’s continuing love for His people: Adam and Eve, Noah, Abraham, and so on. Near the end of the school year, the children realized that they also belonged in God’s family. He chose them and cares for them daily. They each added their photo to the clothesline.

We, too, can add our photos to that clothesline. As God’s forgiven children, we begin each day renewed in His powerful love. He gives us new opportunities to praise Him and share His love with others. He daily continues to make all things new for us.

Donna Bobb
Carmel, IN

Heavenly Father, thank You for claiming me as Your own child in Baptism. Send Your Spirit to daily renew my strength. Amen.

Reflect: Begin your day with Luther’s Morning Prayer (read in “Prayers for Every Day” in Hope-Full Living).

Read: Psalm 51:10 and Isaiah 40:31