God's Steadfast Love

I took this picture out my window as I was having my quiet time this morning. 

These verses have always been near the top of my favourite list since I memorized them 22 years ago. It was a challenging season of life and I was doing the NavPress Scripture Memory system.  One particularly difficult day, as I sat by the bedside of my dying mother-in-law on Mother's Day I was struggling to keep from sinking into a "pity party".  It was my son's birthday and we were separated as I was out of town.  We had never been apart on his birthday and now he was turning 16 without me. 

I then remembered that I had not reviewed my new verse for that week.  As I took out the little card and saw "Lamentations" I began to cry.  My heart cried "Really, Lord? I need Lamentations today?"  I determined to push on and again picked up the card as I read the words "The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases.  His mercies never come to an end, they are new every morning.  Great is Thy faithfulness".  I wept before my Lord as I recognized His grace to me and remembered my words to Him.  My bitterness melted away as I let these verses flow over my heart. The great hymn that was written about these verses had been my favourite over the years.  I had not known the verses associated with the hymn.  Now I did.  And I wept for joy at the love of my God.

This morning when I looked up the verses to apply it to the photo,  I read the chapter from the beginning - verses 1-23. WOW - as special as Lamentations 3:22-23 had been before...they will never be the same to me again! Check it out - see what PRECEDED the prophet's declaration of God's faithfulness. God's Amazing love...Amazing grace!