New Every Morning
When the night has been long, mercy is already waiting at first light.
The book of Lamentations was written in grief. Its author looks at ruin and does not pretend it is anything else. And yet, in the middle of the lament, the tone turns.
"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 does not say the loss did not happen. It says the supply of mercy has not run out.
New every morning. That is a small phrase, and it is worth sitting with. Yesterday's mercy did its work yesterday. It was not meant to be stored. Today has its own.
So the promise is not that you will feel strong. It is that the mercy will be there when you wake, unearned and already renewed. You do not have to gather it in advance. You only have to receive it, one morning at a time.
If you are tired, begin there. The night was real. So is the morning.
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