New Every Morning

Did you make resolutions this year?  If so, have you broken them yet?  I've never been into New Year's resolutions.  But I am into each day being a fresh slate to begin again.  New beginnings, second chances, I'm a believer in those.  And I acknowledge I have needed them repeatedly.


Lamentations 3:22-23   It is of the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.


God's mercy and compassion is new every morning, what a way to start your day, realizing this is true.  His mercy and compassion does not fail.  What a precious promise to hold on to!  He will not fail, no matter what happens. 


I not only like to write, I enjoy reading as well.  I have a number of favorite authors.  What is really great is to start reading from one of them when they are new and still learning.  As you watch the progression from that as their skill grows the outcomes become less predictable, the surprises can happen.  In some cases I've read later works by an author then go back and read some of their earlier works.  You can see their growth and enjoy the enhancements they have made to their writing. 


I use that example to give a visual of us as we grow as Christians.  In the beginning our steps are wobbly, our issues are predictable and our failures (or plot reveals too soon) are easy to spot.  But as we grow, we begin to get hold of what God has for us.  We aren't as easy to trip up, we don't make the beginner mistakes as often.  One of the reason for that is our Lord's mercies and compassion.  He allows us to learn and grow. He doesn't look at our early steps and go 'never gonna make it' and cut us off.  He sees our potential if we will give our talent as well as our trials over to Him.  He wants all our life, not just little parts of it.  Once we give that to Him, we can see and appreciate the mercies and compassion that is new every morning.