Contemplative Bible Reading

Lamentations 3:22-23 (King James Version)

22 It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.

23 They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.

I oft forget the blessings of God. Such is my human failing.

God’s compassions do not fail. From God’s compassions come mercies, and those mercies save me from being consumed by the world. God’s mercies are renewed daily. That is good news because it seems that my failings are also renewed daily. Why don’t I learn (faster)?

And for those who claim there is no God, read the verses above. The writer of the lamentations was blessed by God with the words. The translators from the early 1600s were also blessed by God. Such does not originate in the mind of lowly mankind.