The Lord Is Gracious And Compassionate

When Moses asked to see the Lord's glory he had a revelation of the nature and character of God. The Psalmist summarises it for us:
 
Praise the LORD, my soul, and forget not all his benefits - who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion, who satisfies your desires with good things so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love. (Psalm 103: 2-5,8 NIV)
 
Sometimes, it can be very good for us to go to these familiar scriptures and remind ourselves of who God is and what he is able to do for us. I read a book, many years ago, called "Praying the Scriptures" which encouraged us to take a familiar passage and then begin to pray through it and call it into being in our own lives. It's a very helpful thing for us to do. What does scripture say and what is it saying to us, today.
 
It's all too easy to lose sight of the goodness of the Lord, particularly when we are weighed down with burdens and the cares of life. They easily overwhelm us and we take our eyes off him. Like Peter, as he began to walk on water, when we take our eyes off him we begin to sink. 
 
Today, in whatever you are facing can I encourage you to take hold of the steadfast love of the Lord. It's a love that never lets us go, it never fails us and it always lifts us up as we feel we are sinking. 
 
But from everlasting to everlasting the LORD’s love is with those who fear him, and his righteousness with their children’s children (Ps 103:17)
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