Mercies That Arrive With the Morning
An old lament finds its footing in a daily, ordinary grace.
The Book of Lamentations is a series of poems written in grief, after the fall of Jerusalem. It does not look away from loss. Yet in its middle chapter it turns, briefly, toward hope.
"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." (Lamentations 3:22–23)
Notice the word new. The writer does not claim that yesterday's strength will carry him. He expects that mercy will come again, fresh, with the next sunrise. Compassion here is not a reserve to be spent down. It is renewed on a schedule as reliable as the light.
This is a quiet promise for a tired reader. You are not asked to store up enough grace to last. You are asked only to receive what the morning brings, and then to rise and meet the day it belongs to. Whatever was spent is replenished. The faithfulness is not yours to sustain. It is described, plainly, as great.
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