The passage for today (Isaiah 1:16-17) is fairly straightforward.  But I like how Scripture so often tells us what to get rid of AND what to replace it with.  

For me, is much harder to simply get rid of a behavior than it is to replace a bad behavior with a good one.  More helpful to tell myself:  "Do this instead!" rather than simply "Don't do that!"

For example:  "Don't drive so fast!" is a good idea.  But more effective for me is "See how much more efficiently you can consume fuel when you pay attention to your speed, acceleration, etc.!"  Not that it works all the time.  But it's helping.

Next time you see me buzz past you in the fast lane on 128, you can remind me of this.

;-)