蜜芽传媒

Good morning.

God鈥檚 mercies are new every morning, we鈥檙e told. That does, to me, make each morning, whether I am just waking up, or whether my day is coming to an end as morning breaks, a pretty good day. It can often seem like there just isn鈥檛 enough mercy to go around. Certainly not between individuals, communities or nations. Sometimes, all the more, the lack of mercy shown, indicates the biggest issue that we have with ourselves, that we don鈥檛 think we should receive it, or that we don鈥檛 deserve it.

We know what we鈥檙e really like, after all, and it takes a particularly self-confident person to think that not only would we like to have it all together and have everything as it ought to be, but that this is something that we have actually achieved. I don鈥檛 say this to do such people down. Quite the opposite. I鈥檓 almost envious. It鈥檚 also my opinion that mercy is not needed because of an innate human failing, but actually because mercy is an indicator of the kindness of God. It鈥檚 all too easy to think of God as a disappointed parent or a cantankerous school teacher. What if God is love, full of mercy and enthusiasm to see us transformed in to the full-lived and joyful people that we were made to be? That would be pretty spectacular to take hold of, I reckon.

Thank you that all people receive enough mercy, love, hope, joy and peace for this day and that tomorrow will be just the same. Thank you that you never leave us, nor let us go. Help us to walk with you step by step, full of joy and love today.

Amen.