Day 5 — Newness Without Erasure
- Scripture: Isaiah 43:19 — “I am about to do a new thing; now it springs forth—do you not perceive it?”
- Reflection: Renewal does not erase the past; it transforms it into wisdom. Experience becomes a teacher. Recognizing things we want to change arises from trying more than once; sometimes we make mistakes, falter, fall, or fail, but then we get up and try again. That’s how we learn and grow.
- Practice: Name one lesson from last year you want to carry forward.
- Song: “Unwritten” by Natasha Bedingfield: https://youtu.be/vRQb_-mRcAc?si=AbeLFqKXHUGGAbcV
- “Every moment is a place we’ve never been.” — Mark Strand
Jan 5 Daily Devotional