Is He faithful to help me accomplish His wishes for my life, or am I trying to do what I wish?
“Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.” Lamentations 3:22-23
Some days are more difficult than others. It’s easy to feel consumed by the physical, financial and family needs. Yet I can testify that the verse above remains true. He never fails me. His compassions never end. When I wake in the morning and the thought runs through my head-how am I going to face another day (without an iv of caffeine) He’s right there. He’s the one giving me strength I need. He is faithful.
Some days I wake up as tired as I was the night before when I went to bed and I think I can’t do this again. I have to decide if my circumstances will choose my attitude. He remains faithful as I can only depend on Him. Some days that begin the hardest tend to be the most productive. Let me clarify. It’s not like it used to be, productive in that I have an HGTV decorated home, a Rachael Ray cooked dinner, a June Cleaver mommy mentality or even finish one errand on my list. The truth is maybe I am productive in that I listened to someone who was hurting, spent the day in bed (without feeling guilty) or simply rested in prayer.
His promise remains true. “Great is thy faithfulness.” Even when I can only rely on Him to take care of everything and wonder how things are going to get done. Some lessons are hard to learn but I am still his student and I am so thankful that His compassion never leaves and is new every morning.
Thank you, Traci! My heart needed to hear this! When I spend a day contemplating my life, digging for verses... that is a day that is rested in prayer. I sometimes feel like I'm the only one who is so weak that I keep having to take a day to gird myself up. Only, it's not me doing it, is it?
ReplyDeleteI will meditate on that scripture today.