God is . . . Merciful

The Bible tells us that God’s mercies are new every morning.  That means we can never use them up! We can never exhaust them! That means we can wake up each morning knowing that no matter how badly we’ve blown it the day before, God’s compassion, pity, forgiveness, kindness, sympathy, understanding, and benevolence will still be there for us.

I’ve already said in another blog post that if I were God, I wouldn’t have patience with vile humanity.  Why He puts up with us is beyond my understanding. But the Book of Hosea, both a picture of depraved mankind and God’s mercy, says it all.  In it, the prophet Hosea was commanded by God to marry the harlot, Gomer.  And he obeys, marries her, loves her, cares for her.  Even so she returns to her harlotry.  Yet in spite of her depravity, we see, in Hosea’s last chapter, God’s heart as he yearns for His people (symbolic of the harlot Gomer) to return to Him.

The Psalms tell us that God redeems our life from destruction and crowns us with loving kindness and tender mercies (Ps 103:4), that the very earth is full of His mercy,(Ps 119:64) And then there’s this: “To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him.” (Daniel 9:9)

We’re all rebels at heart, and many times, even spiritual harlots.  It’s nothing to be proud of or to be worn as if it were a badge of honor. But it’s good to know that when we come to our senses, our merciful God is there waiting for us.

Until next week,

Sylvia