Verse of the Day 12/3
New International Version
22 Because of the Lord's great love we are not consumed,
for his compassions never fail.23 They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.Today's verses came to me yesterday in a couple of devotionals and a note from someone. Whenever something like that happens it makes me pause and ponder, consider the verses for a good perioo of time, likely, many times during the day. While it is not officially winter, the temperature today in NC is in the 20's to start and it feels like winter has arrived early, marking the beginning of a new season, even though the calendar still tells us it is fall.
The loss of a loved one is marked by a day, the day of death. But in reality, for the one or ones in grief it marks the beginning of a new season in life. It is a season of sorrow for the present hurt. It is a season of refledtion, looking back being thankful for God's blessings, His mercies in the past that point to a hope that we have in the future. So there is a looking forward as well.
Inn my grief God's Word and His Word put to music are one of His greatest comforts, His greatest mercies to me. The hymn "Great is Thy Faithfulness" comes from these verses and the relation to seasons is evident in the song. I've played Carrie Underwood's video of this countless times in the past months and I'll do so again immediately after writing this. She sings ir with power and emotion which we can sing along with, with the power that His mercy gives us in hope, in praise and in defiance of the sorrow and pain.
We must endure the periods of pain and sorrow but we don't do so alone. God's mercies are new, are renewed day by day as we wait on Him, wait on the salvation of our Lord in the hope that our loved one is with Him and He will bring us to Him one day.
1. Great is thy faithfulness, O God, my Father;
There is no shadow of turning with thee.
Thou changest not, thy compassions, they fail not;
As thou hast been, thou forever wilt be.
Refrain:
Great is thy faithfulness,
Great is thy faithfulness,
Morning by morning new mercies I see.
All I have needed thy hand hast provided;
Great is thy faithfulness,
Lord unto me.
2. Summer and winter and springtime and harvest,
Sun, moon, and stars in their courses above
Join with all nature in manifold witness
To thy great faithfulness, mercy, and love. [Refrain]
3. Pardon for sin and a peace that endureth,
Thine own dear presence to cheer and to guide;
Strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow,
Blessings all mine and ten thousand beside.
Ephesians 1:7 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God's grace. NIV
New International Version
19 I remember my affliction and my wandering,
the bitterness and the gall.20 I well remember them, and my soul is downcast within me.21 Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope:22 Because of the Lord's great love we are not consumed,
for his compassions never fail.
23 They are new every morning;
great is your faithfulness.
24 I say to myself, "The Lord is my portion;
therefore I will wait for him."
25 The Lord is good to those whose hope is in him,
to the one who seeks him;
26 it is good to wait quietly
for the salvation of the Lord.
27 It is good for a man to bear the yoke
while he is young.
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