Good Monday Morning friends! Today is “Tax Day” and also one month since I have posted. WOW! Time flies when you’re a wife, mom, Gran Jan, mother-in-law, daughter, sister, aunt, friend, women’s ministry leader and WOMAN! Life is busy but all is good because GOD IS GOOD. Yes He is!
I am participating in the “Scripture Memory Team” over on Beth Moore’s blog – you can go HERE to read all about this wonderful plan. Living Proof Ministries offers this every other year and I am very thankful. I will never forget my trip to Houston in January of 2010 with Emmy, Wendy, and Deborah for the first celebration ever! We had the most wonderful time, and I shared it all HERE.
This year I have chosen to memorize Psalm 103 in its entirety – and today I posted verse 8…a wonderful verse full of TRUTH for us.
The Lord is merciful and gracious,
Slow to anger, and abounding in mercy.
I honestly can’t remember why I chose Psalm 103 but God sure knows. The verses have been absolutely what I needed each week…but today’s verse has been marvelous.
THE LORD IS MERCIFUL
Yes He is and His mercies are new every morning. Have you heard that mercy is God not giving us what we DO deserve while grace is God giving us what we DON’T deserve? I am thankful for His tender mercies – those times when something happens in my life that only He knows and that I know it’s Him. Tender mercies.
GRACIOUS
Proverbs 11:16 talks about a gracious woman – a desire of my heart, especially as I age. But a GRACIOUS GOD? Kind and benevolent – that is our GRACIOUS GOD. He is so good to us in our downfalls – always ready to forgive.
SLOW TO ANGER
I surely am thankful for this wonderful attribute of our God. He is slow to anger. Have you ever been the victim of an angry person? It is so painful. I don’t have a quick temper, but there have been times I have lost my temper. I have regretted every single time I did that – especially with two little boys back in the day. God knows that we need His merciful graciousness – exhibited in Him being slow to anger…
ABOUNDING IN MERCY
Abounding – to exist in great quantities…to be rich or well supplied…to be filled. Glory to His Great Name. He abounds in mercy. His mercy will not run out. You and I won’t use it all up today or tomorrow or ever. There is more mercy than we will ever need or deserve. New every morning…how glorious of our God to give us His mercy.
I stepped out on my front porch last night as I often do…just to see the setting sun or the rain or to take a deep breath of air. This greeted me…a beautiful rainbow, more confirmation of God’s merciful, gracious, slow to anger, abounding LOVE!
Blessings to you all,
Gran Jan
I love the Psalms and go there often for whatever I happen to be looking for. Chances are good that one will find a ‘word’ there. Love your rainbow picture. Blessings to you.