Monday, July 5, 2010

Gracious and Merciful

Today, let us take this verse from Psalm 145, pray and repeat it until we learn it by heart, for we must constantly renew our faith in God's grace and mercy from day to day. We forget so easily, we have to be reminded anew frequently.
"The Lord is gracious and merciful
slow to anger and of great kindness.
The Lord is good to all
and compassionate toward all his works." (Ps 145:8-9).
We'd think that having lived so long in God's loving care, we'd never doubt again, nor forget. Yet, we awake as a blank page each morning, and need to learn again, as if for the first time. At least committing to memory this succinct description of God, we can jump out of bed with some fuel in our tanks. I guess it's the same reason why we have to eat every day...we need to replenish our "tanks" and appreciate with childlike wonder the goodness and kindness of God. In so doing, we remind ourselves that goodness and kindness should mark our relationships with others.
Bro. Rene

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