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And renew a right spirit within me...
Squeezed in the middle of David’s psalm of repentance, we hear him ask God to renew a right spirit, a steadfast spirit, a willing spirit, to sustain him.
Renew means to make new. It is not a brand-new thing, but rather a returning to what it was before, or making it even better.
A good night’s sleep can cure many ills. A power nap can revive someone to be able to fulfill the day’s responsibilities.
In college, we talked about our all-nighters with pride. And the other day, I heard a grown man boast of pulling an “all-day-er,” highlighting the arduous task of making it through the day.
We are constantly tired. Busyness is seen as a sign of importance. And rest gets pushed down among the lowest priority tasks.
