Renewal Notice

eDevotion

Encouragement for your daily walk with God 

As much as I hate to admit it, I’m old enough to remember when we didn’t get electronic reminders when something needed to be renewed. We got them through “snail-mail!” Am I alone here or does anyone else remember those days? You’d go to your mailbox and along with all the “junk mail” came the monthly bills and renewal notices. 

While annoying, it was good to get them because they would remind us of the need to renew our licenses, credit cards, membership cards, etc. Didn’t you just hate it when you missed a renewal notice, went to your ATM, and the machine would keep your card and spit out a “Your ATM card has expired, you must renew it” receipt? Or you’d go to the grocery store, pay for your items with a check, and upon showing your identification the clerk would say, “I’m sorry but your license is invalid, you need to renew it!” 

There are other important things that need to be renewed and, sadly, they don’t come with renewal notices. You’ll not find a notice in your mailbox, for example, to renew your love for your spouse, your children, your friends, or God. 

So here you go: “LE-CHA-DESH” (the Hebrew word meaning, renewal). Consider this your official RENEWAL NOTICE. Take time today to renew your love for your loved ones, God, and the things of God. 

The Psalmist knew this only too well. Renewal began by calling out to God. Let’s do it, shall we? 

Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. Psalm 51:10