In the 1993 romantic comedy movie Groundhog Day the main character gets stuck in a time loop in which he relives February 2 day after day. He wakes up every morning knowing exactly what is going to happen that day, unburdened by the things that happened the day before.

Imagine waking up every morning burdened by the mistakes you made the day before. Since we make mistakes nearly every day, their accumulated burden would soon become intolerable. Thankfully, that is not the case! The Bible says that God’s mercy and compassion are new every morning. Instead of being consumed by the judgment of God, we are gifted a great new day. That doesn’t mean that our sins and mistakes are insignificant. But it does mean that God’s mercy and compassion keep us in His care in spite of our failures. Forgiven, we are free to live every day without the burden of yesterday’s sins.

Let this truth be your last thought at night and your first thought in the morning. And praise God for each and every new day!

Christianity is getting older every year. Yet it is also new, new every morning.
John R. W. Stott