Merciful Do-Over
Read: Jonah 3:6-4:2 I knew that you are a gracious God and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, and relenting from disaster. (v. 2) I am always relieved when I am allowed a do-over; especially by my loved ones when I say or doing something that disappoints them. Jonah was given a do-over […]
Delightful
Read: Jeremiah 9:12-24 I am the LORD who practices steadfast love, justice, and righteousness in the earth. For in these things I delight, declares the LORD. (v. 24) When I think of the word ‘delightful’, I think of eating chocolate ice cream in a waffle-cone, splashing around in a pool on a hot day, or rustling […]
Follow the Leader
Read: John 13:31-35 A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. (v. 34) Did you ever play the game Follow the Leader when you were a kid? To play, a leader is chosen who might make funny faces, dance […]
Trustworthy
Read: Psalm 13 But I have trusted in your steadfast love; my heart shall rejoice in your salvation. (v. 5) Do you ever feel that your sorrows have overtaken you, that all the forces on this earth are against you, and maybe God doesn’t hear your cries or has forgotten you? At these times in my […]
Steadfast-Love-Colored Glasses
Read: 1 John 4:7-21 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. (v. 7) Have you ever heard the idiom seeing through rose-colored glasses? It’s used to describe someone who always sees a person or a situation in a positive way, sometimes […]
Merciful
Read: Psalm 51 Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions. (v. 1) I used to picture God like the Lincoln Memorial—a huge stone face peering down at me from his lofty throne with a look that said, “I expected better of you.” Any […]
Loyal
Read: Deuteronomy 7:6-11 Know therefore that the LORD your God is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments, to a thousand generations. (v. 9) Recently we removed an oak tree from our yard because mistletoe had overrun it. You may know mistletoe as a […]
Perfect
Read: 2 Samuel 22:21-31 This God—his way is perfect. (v. 31) “Perfect,” the receptionist said as she scheduled my next appointment. “Perfect,” replied the waiter upon taking our order. “Perfect,” the representative commented on the phone at least three times while taking my information. It is driving me nuts how this word is being overused lately! […]
Inseverable
Read: Job 10:8-17 You have granted me life and steadfast love, and your care has preserved my spirit. (v. 12) If anyone ever had anything to complain to God about, Job did. His livestock, servants, ten children—stolen or killed in one day. Soon after, he was struck with loathsome sores from head to toe. All that […]