Inspired by lyrics by Daniel Nahmod to “Everything New” —
“Bring it on — everything new, everything different, everything true. I am ready for my next thing to do. Oh, I know it’s gonna be everything new.
I’m through crying, I’m through waiting. I’m, through hoping against all hope. I’m through longing for something gone that’ll never return. I think I finally learned to bring it on. I think it’s time.
“I’m through grieving, I’m through dreaming that the life I had is ever coming back. And no more wishing on someone else’s star, that’ll never be mine. I think it’s time to bring it on, everything new . . . .
I’ve survived many times before, broken hearts and slammin’ doors. I’ll be all right, yes, I will, once more. Just as I did back then, I’m gonna rise again. So bring it on, everything new, everything different, everything true. I am ready for my next thing to do. Oh, I know, it’s gonna be everything new.”
Responsive Reading for January 9
“Thus says the LORD . . . Remember not the events of the past, the things of long ago consider not; See, I am doing something new! . . . . In the desert I make a way, in the wasteland, rivers . . . . It is I, I, who wipe out, for my own sake, your offenses; your sins I remember no more” (Is. 43:16-25).
Bring it on — everything new, everything different, everything true. I am ready for my next thing to do. Oh, I know it’s gonna be everything new.
“I do write a new commandment to you, which holds true . . . for the darkness is passing away, and the true light is already shining” (I Jn. 2:8).
“I’m through crying, I’m through waiting. I’m, through hoping against all hope. I’m through longing for something gone that’ll never return. I think I finally learned to bring it on, everything new. . . .”
“The old things have passed away’ behold, new things have come” (II Corinthians 5:17).
“I’m through grieving, I’m through dreaming that the life I had is ever coming back. And no more wishing on someone else’s star, that’ll never be mine. I think it’s time to bring it on, everything new . . . .”
“The LORD has created a new thing upon the earth . . . . Thus says the LORD of hosts . . . . I will refresh the weary soul” (Jeremiah 33:22-25).
“I’ve survived many times before, broken hearts and slammin’ doors. I’ll be all right, yes, I will, once more. Just as I did back then, I’m gonna rise again. So bring it on, everything new, everything different, everything true. I am ready for my next thing to do. Oh, I know, it’s gonna be everything new.