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"You...have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge
and in the image of its Creator."
Colossions 3:10
Renew = Greek, "anakainoo:" (v.) to make new, to make different, to give new vigor
It's a weird word good enough to end up on the Twittersphere's #FakeCoachellaBandNames list. (For the record, I rather liked John Mayer's "The 5 Six." Catchy.) But thanks to my bestie Camilla, I've recently learned the Greek origin of a word that is painted all over the Bible.
God renews me daily, giving me my portion. Just what I need. Like today, when I woke up to a prescribed portion reading: "The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places, surely I have a delightful inheritance" (Ps. 16:6) And well, if that's just not the most assuring, happy-go-lucky verse, I don't know what is.
P.S. Baha. Funny, Lord. 16 and 6 have been tied for my favorite numbers since age 3 when I learned my birthday was June 16. Ha. That Guy makes me smile :)
I keep being renewed and reminded:
I have eternal pleasures at His right hand. (Ps. 16:11)
He will uphold me with His right hand. (Is. 41:10)
etc.
And now I can't quit looking down at my right hand, 'cause it's holding Someone' s pretty strong one.
"And now I can't quit looking down at my right hand, 'cause it's holding Someone' s pretty strong one."
ReplyDeleteI love the amazing way that He uses other people to speak to us exactly when we need it the most and in so many ways that we never know where it will come from... Thanks for this one. Just what I needed to hear =) Love you!