From Psalm 51:10-12:  “Create in me a clean heart, O God, and put a new and right spirit within me.  Do not cast me away from your presence, and do not take your holy spirit from me.  Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and sustain in me a willing spirit.”

Just as farmers plant

Placing faithful trust

God’s mercy shall grant

From earth’s blessed crust

Mankind’s wayward thoughts

Filling sinful acts

Tender grace be caught

Truthfulness unpacked

Steadfast Spirit stirs

Creating clean heart

Joyfulness unblurred

Fresh beginnings start

God’s love envisions

Taking in His peace

Hope’s assured vision

Life’s renewing lease

Old ways put away

Hanging from Lord’s cross

Bridge lighted each day

Faith brings us across

From Ephesians 4:21-24:  “ For surely you have heard about Him and were taught in Him, as truth is in Jesus, to put away your former way of life, your old self, corrupt and deluded by its lusts, and to be renewed in the spirit of your minds, and to clothe yourselves with the new self, created according to the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.”