New Every Morning
An old lament finds its footing in the mercy that arrives with each day.
The book of Lamentations is a set of poems written in grief, after the fall of Jerusalem. The writer has seen the worst and does not pretend otherwise. And yet, at the middle of the book, the tone turns. Not to denial. To memory.
"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 what the verse does not say. It does not say the trouble is over. It says the mercy keeps coming. Yesterday's supply is spent; that is allowed. A new measure waits with the light.
If you are tired, this is a small and practical hope. You are not asked to store up strength for a week. You are asked to receive what the morning brings, and then to meet the next morning when it comes. The compassions do not run out. That is the claim, and the writer stakes everything on it.
Rest in that tonight. Begin again tomorrow.
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