July 14-New Every Morning

Happy Weekend. I hope your week was less eventful than mine. I spent most of it on pain medication. Who knew one little finger could hurt so much? Yesterday I started working with that hand therapist and that was a whole new kind of torture I’d never given much thought to. She even gave me this contraption to put on it 4 times a day to “extend” it. I’m sure the KGB invented it. All that to say, I’m finally working again. 


“Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. I say to myself, “The Lord is my portion; therefore I will wait for him.” The Lord is good to those whose hope is in him, to the one who seeks him; it is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord.”

‭‭Lamentations‬ ‭3:22-26‬ ‭NIV


Aren’t you thankful that His mercies are new every morning? Don’t you just want to shout sometimes that we have a God who gives us a brand new bucket full of mercy everyday? And some of us (on certain days) really need that extra mercy. I haven’t been exactly gracious in my thoughts and actions this past week in dealing with my discomfort. I’ve needed all the mercy that was given to me every day. Every drop. For just one finger! How ridiculous, right? I feel so much like Peter when he proclaimed he would stand by Jesus no matter what, and then the very minute it got tough, he was a coward. The very minute I hurt, I’m a coward too and I crawl inside myself and pray for mercy and a pain-free life. 


I don’t want to hurt and I don’t want trouble in my life. But guess what? I live in this sinful, broken world and I’m going to hurt and I’m going to have trouble. It’s not fun and it’s not good but His mercies are new every morning and I’m not going to run out of them. His mercy and His grace are sufficient for me. 


Dear Lord thank you for your mercy and for your grace. Thank you for seeing us through the tough times as well as through the good times. We love you and praise you, we adore you and worship you this day. We ask for your forgiveness where we fail you and where we fail others. Bless us Father. Amen and amen. 


Love you dear one,

Pam

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

January 17, 2020

Happy Friday. It’s the end of another week and we have had more opportunities to share the love of Christ with those around us and sometimes that takes quite a bit of effort. I don’t know about you, but I’m not always anxious to embrace others and really listen to them or share with them (especially those who I don’t know well). Sometimes, I just look at them and think “Are you for real?” I don’t always agree with people over politics, sports or of course, religion. And let’s face it, we’d rather spend time with people we like and mostly agree.  And then I read my Bible. God hasn’t called us to sit in our little groups with only those we naturally gravitate towards, but to love people—all people, even those who aren’t necessarily loveable. In this passage, Paul writing to the people of Colosse remarks on how wonderful it is that they truly love others. That love must have really been something over and above the normal and he tells them that it is evident that it comes from the Holy Sp
Read more

January 15, 2020

Happy Wednesday to you. I hope your week is going well. Yesterday, I went to Sams. I was out of things like trash bags, toilet paper, and chicken, so off I went. I like going to Sams because there is always lots to look at and the isles are nice and wide. Everytime I’m there, I am amazed at how much stuff and everything from diapers to TVs to mangos to beds. It just seems incredible that so many things in such quantities are all under one roof.  King David never saw a store with as much stuff aa Sams of course, but he did see countless miracles and understand that God has plans. He knew from creation and history that he was serving a God of miracles and he know that God loved him and his people and would take care of them. He was amazed and awe-struck by the fact that a God who had done such great and mighty things not only cared about his people but that He loved them with such a great love.  “Many, Lord my God, are the wonders you have done, the things you planned for us. None can co
Read more

January 9, 2020

It’s Thursday and I woke up to the blowing wind! Lots of it—I’m dreading Boomer waking up and having to go outside with him. That harsh, bitter wind seems cruel and almost evil. But I’ll wrap myself up with a fe layers and boots and brave it all.  Sometimes I think we try to do that with things we know aren’t right—things that are evil. We try to wrap ourselves up and just wade into it, but Paul tells us we should reject it—stay away from it. “Do not treat prophecies with contempt but test them all; hold on to what is good, reject every kind of evil. May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. The one who calls you is faithful, and he will do it.” ‭‭1 Thessalonians‬ ‭5:20-24‬ NIV When he wrote this he’d been in Berea and the Christians there diligently searched the scriptures to make sure everything Paul said was in line. Paul here is encouraging the Thessalonians to
Read more