Muddy

"The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end," Lamentations 3:22.

Oh, sure. Anybody can talk about God's goodness, anybody can give thanks to God when they've got every privilege! But the rest of us get stuck holding the bag. Wait a minute: You know who said those words above? A man ridiculed most of his life for his faith. Chased down, beaten, imprisoned unjustly, thrown into a muddy pit to die. A man at life's end looking at the smoldering embers left of his beloved country. A weeping man who four lines earlier had said: God has filled me with bitterness ... my hope from the Lord has died. So how does he turn around and talk about God's love in the middle of devastation?! Here's how. He remembered who his God was. I call this to mind, I do have hope: God's love never ceases.

As we visit with a brother or sister today, we call to each other's minds who our God is. We re-mind of his Christ's gift to us. And, together, his children, we offer praise for God's promises of unending mercies.