Father of compassion

Psalm 103: 8-14
The Lord is compassionate and gracious,
slow to anger, abounding in love.
9 He will not always accuse,
nor will he harbor his anger forever;
10 he does not treat us as our sins deserve
or repay us according to our iniquities.
11 For as high as the heavens are above the earth,
so great is his love for those who fear him;
12 as far as the east is from the west,
so far has he removed our transgressions from us.
13 As a father has compassion on his children,
so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him;
14 for he knows how we are formed,
he remembers that we are dust.

Today as I sit and read the Word of God, I'm reminded of the love that God extends to His children. I'm thankful today that He's compassionate and gracious, because I've not always deserved His compassion. I realize the compassion that He gives had a cost. He sent His Son, Jesus, to be my compassionate atonement for MY sin. He is slow to anger...I'm thankful that God doesn't deal with me with an instant judgement of wrong doing. I'm thankful today that He is slow to anger...Matthew Henry's commentary explains God to be "not extreme to mark what we do amiss nor ready to take advantage against us." Praise the Lord for this!

God's mercy is abounding. If He had not been a God of patience, we should have been in hell long ago; but He has not rewarded us after our iniquities; so those will say who know what sin deserves (Matthew Henry). We don't deserve the mercy of God. We don't deserve to walk in His grace, but He gives us mercy and grace because He loves us. I've not always walked in His grace...a lot of times I've down right taken it for granted. Oh, how I love Jesus and His mercy that He's given me.

God formed me and he remembers that I'm dust. I serve a God that trusts in me, a piece of dust. He has given me the allowance that I don't deserve. He's given me the grace and mercy that's undeserved. He's given me life...Life through His Son, Jesus. Oh, how I love Jesus! I've not always done right...but the right thing to do now is to strive to please God. He knows me more than anyone else can. He made me, me. I love Him and want to live my life for Him the rest of my days.

Blessings!