Today is a new day. I got to the office early this morning so I took my coffee and my Bible up to the roof. As crazy as that may sound to some, I do this when I can. I feel at peace when I can see the world from a different perspective. 
This was the seen from atop the church today. As I watched the sun rise through the clouds, my mind was drawn to Psalm 51, particularly verse 10: “Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.”
What the Psalmist experienced was a new dawning – a realization that God is not after what we can do or how hard we can work. God does not take pleasure in how good we can be or the accolades we can pile up for ourselves. God is not even honored in empty words sung in worship or spoken from a pulpit.
What is pleasing is a pure heart – open and transparent to God. When our hearts are right, then all the things listed above do honor God. With a heart that is focused only on God – humbled and broken – our lives take on new meaning.
Praise God that every morning God’s mercies are new and fresh.
Today is a new day.
How is your heart?
Clay in the Hands 
I don’t go on the roof but enjoy sunset and sunrise from my patio. Almost feel cheated if the weather is too bad to sit there awhile. Calms me and gives me peace!