December 29, 2025 - Good Morning! It’s Monday, December 29.
I hope you had a blessed and merry Christmas, and enjoyed time with family and friends. As we begin this final week of the year, and approach the new year, we focus on a timely subject . . . time.
As a teenager, I began to listen to a lot of different styles of music - classical, jazz, rock, country. And one of my favorites styles was Broadway musicals. Classics like “Oklahoma” and “The Sound off Music”, and newer shows like a little musical called “Godspell”, that premiered in 1971, when I was fifteen. It was written by a Jewish composer, and took as its theme, the teachings of Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount - an unlikely subject for a piece of popular entertainment.
The little musical was a hit on Broadway, and then Hollywood turned it into a hit movie. It was full of singable, inspiring songs, but the most famous one was based on the prayer of a bishop, from a thousand years ago. As we prepare for a new year, with all its challenges, these ancient words, and this simple little song, speak to us again.
Day by day, day by day
O dear Lord, three things I pray
To see Thee more clearly
Love Thee more dearly
Follow Thee more nearly
Day by day
Here’s some more ancient words - “We do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.” 2 Corinthians 4:16
Meet you back here tomorrow,
David
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