Yesterday’s Gone

Monday Missive #41

A Poem: Yesterday

Every new morning
We start over;
A new beginning,
A new day;
Fresh with opportunity,
Fresh with possibility
To wipe away the grime,
Of yesterday’s errors.

We look over our shoulders
And see yesterday’s mistakes;
Falling short of the glory
Of our creation,
The image of our Creator.
We weep,
We wail,
We wish 
Yesterday gone.

It is!
By his forgiveness,
By his grace,
By his love,
We live beyond yesterday,
In the freedom of today.

A Prayer: Let Yesterday Fade

Lord,
Let my sins of yesterday fade
Into forgotten memories,
You have forgiven my failings,
You have removed my sins
As far as east from west.
You have thrown them
Into the depths of oceans.
You do not hold them against me.
You have said today I start again,
With no condemnation.
Help me to accept that truth.
Help me let yesterday fade
Into the newness of today.

A Scripture: For Reflection

For his unfailing love toward those who fear him is as great as the height of the heavens above the earth. He has removed our sins as far from us as the east is from the west. (Psalm 103:11-12 NLT)

Once again you will have compassion on us. You will trample our sins under your feet and throw them into the depths of the ocean! (Micah 7:19 NLT)