New Every Morning
In a book of grief, one verse insists that mercy keeps arriving.
Today's reading is from Lamentations, a book written out of loss. Its poems do not look away from ruin. They name hunger, exile and silence. And yet, near the centre, 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)
Read it slowly. The claim is not that the pain is small. It is that the mercy is steady. "New every morning" is a plain promise. Yesterday's supply is not meant to carry you through today. A fresh portion comes with the light.
This is a hard comfort, and an honest one. It does not deny the night. It tells you the night ends, and that what meets you at dawn is not your own strength but something given. If you are tired, you do not have to store up grace in advance. You only have to receive the day's measure, and then the next.
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