“It is of the LORD’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.”
— Lamentations 3:22–23 (KJV)
These words were not written on a good day. The book of Lamentations mourns the fall of Jerusalem: the temple destroyed, the city emptied, the people in exile. The writer is honest about his pain. And yet, in the middle of the ruins, he remembers something that changes everything: God has not run out of mercy.
Many of us reach the end of the year carrying disappointments. A business that struggled, a prayer that seems unanswered, a loss that still hurts. The temptation is to measure God’s faithfulness by our circumstances. Lamentations teaches us to do the opposite: to interpret our circumstances in the light of God’s faithfulness.
“New every morning” means you do not have to carry yesterday’s failures into today. God’s compassion does not wear thin. The mercy that kept you yesterday is fresh again this morning, enough for today’s troubles.
Reflect
- Where have you seen God’s mercy this year, even in small ways?
- What burden from yesterday do you need to lay down today?
Pray
Faithful God, thank you that your mercies have not failed me. Where I am tired and discouraged, renew my hope this morning. Help me to trust you not because everything is easy, but because you are faithful. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
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