“His compassion never ends. It is only the Lord’s mercies that have kept us from complete destruction. Great is his faithfulness; his loving-kindness begins afresh each day. My soul claims the Lord as my inheritance; therefore I will hope in him.” Lamentations 3:22-24 (TLB)
A different version says, “His mercies are new every morning.” How awesome is our God?Every morning when I get up, I declare, “This is the day that The Lord has made, I will rejoice and be glad in it.” I am so appreciative of all that God has done for me that I want Him to know how thankful I am.
Not only that, but that He has granted mercy to me for a whole new day. No matter what happened the day before, as long as I have repented on whatever stupid thing I did or said, I have new mercy for a new day! If only we as humans had that kind of mercy for others when they step out of line. I keep thinking about someone that I know that has gotten so far away from anything we thought would be possible. I keep asking for God’s mercy upon this person as that is what is going to bring them back to God. It is not only God’s mercy but we as humans need to sow mercy into this person as well. Whatever we sow, we will reap in return so I would like to sow mercy as I need mercy every day. We have to remember that God loves us all no matter where we are or what we have done. He just does not like our sin. He loves us too much to leave us the way we are so He keeps changing us and bringing us closer to Him.
When I look back over my life, I required alot of mercy which I received so I would like to be able to extend that mercy to someone else when it is required of me. People will always let us down as in our humanity we are very frail. However, God never will. He is always there willing to help anytime we get into trouble. All we have to do is ask. He is my best friend as I know that He will never leave me or forsake me. He promises me that and He has proved Himself very faithful over the course of my life. It makes me very sad when I see people who believed/loved God, fall into a trap that has been set for them by the enemy. Sometimes it is hard to understand with our small minds but one thing I do know is that God is merciful and faithful so we know that what the devil meant for evil He will turn into good! He is an amazing father. We as His people have to pray and believe that He will do as He has promised.
“Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life and I will dwell in the house of The Lord forever.” Psalm 23:6 (NKJV)
These verses that follow explain exactly what God has done for me. Therefore, I want to be able to do it for others when they need mercy and comfort!
“What a wonderful God we have—he is the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the source of every mercy, and the one who so wonderfully comforts and strengthens us in our hardships and trials. And why does he do this? So that when others are troubled, needing our sympathy and encouragement, we can pass on to them this same help and comfort God has given us. You can be sure that the more we undergo sufferings for Christ, the more he will shower us with his comfort and encouragement. We are in deep trouble for bringing you God’s comfort and salvation. But in our trouble God has comforted us—and this, too, to help you: to show you from our personal experience how God will tenderly comfort you when you undergo these same sufferings. He will give you the strength to endure.” 2 Corinthians 1:3-7 (TLB)
How God Loves Us 