(Lamentations 3:22-23) Through the LORD’S mercies we are not consumed, Because His compassions fail not.Everyday I fail the Lord in one way or another. I either do something I shouldn't or I fail to do something I should. I sin in my thoughts or with my tongue. I sleep when I should be awake. I think of myself when I should be thinking of my Lord.
23 They are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness.
The burden of my sinful imperfections is great, but I am not overwhelmed because God's mercy and compassion are new every morning! Great is His Faithfulness!
I love the morning - the early morning - the crack of dawn. The day is new. It is washed clean and new possibilities stretch out in front of me.
Instead of being burdened with the failures of yesterday, I am lifted up by God's grace for this new day. Today I can apply the lessons from yesterday. The traps I fell into yesterday can be avoided today. Because of my pain in yesterday's failures I will call out to God early in the morning - "do not lead me into temptation, but deliver me from the evil one."
God is so great and so good! Even when I do all that I should do, I will be but an unworthy servant! But He loves me anyway and works in my life. Today is a new day with God. With God all things are possible.
Great is Thy faithfulness, O God my Father.Praise God for yet another day to serve Him!
There is no shadow of turning with Thee.
Thou changest not, Thy compassions, they fail not.
As Thou hast been, Thou always will be.
Great is Thy faithfulness! Great is Thy faithfulness!
Morning by morning new mercies I see.
All I have needed, Thy hand hath provided.
Great is Thy faithfulness, Lord unto me!
This makes me think of so many Psalms we’re learning about in our women’s Bible study. Are you spying on me? Here are some good ones…
ReplyDeletePs. 88:13, “But I cry to you for help, O Lord; In the morning my prayer comes before you.”
Ps 5:3, “In the morning, O Lord, you hear my voice; in the morning I lay my requests before you and wait in expectation.
Ps. 92:1-2, “It is good to praise the Lord and make music to your name, O Most High, to proclaim your love in the morning and your faithfulness at night”
Ps. 143:8, “Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love, for I have put my trust in you. Show me the way I should go, for to you I lift up my soul.”
Must be we think alike. "Like father, like daughter?"
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