His Mercy

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This expression appears forty-one times in our English Bible. Most of these are in the Psalms and no doubt were a great comfort and sustainment to the writer.
Mercies have to do with our physical and temporal needs. The greatness of His mercies depends on the greatness of our need. Jeremiah, the weeping prophet, could say in the midst of severe affliction, “It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed...But though He cause grief, yet will He have compassion according to the multitude of His mercies” (Lamentations 3:23, 3223They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness. (Lamentations 3:23)
32But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies. (Lamentations 3:32)).
David concluded his shepherd’s psalm by saying, “Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life” (Psalm 23:66Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever. (Psalm 23:6)). How true this is in each of our lives.
Often it takes seasons of affliction to enlarge our souls as to the realization of how great and limitless His mercy really is.
In times of affliction,
His mercies endure,
In sunshine and shadow,
His mercies are sure.
No limit, no ebbing,
Consistently fixed,
With blessings unnumbered,
His mercies are mixed.
If you recount God’s blessings,
And His mercies everyday,
You won’t have time to murmur,
Or complain along life’s way.
You’ll be thinking of His goodness,
And His love divine and sweet,
And you’ll talk of it to others,
Yes, to everyone you meet.
On your face there’ll be a smile,
In your heart there’ll be a song,
Whether life is bright and cheerful,
Or everything goes wrong.
You will rise above your problems,
Whether great or whether small,
And you’ll not be always grumbling,
As God’s mercies you recall.