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Thursday... It will never end...


Thursday...  It seems like this pandemic will never end.  Whatever this virus is there seems to be no end to it. That is how we start each new day. But that isn't the truth. It will end, it will be conquered but there is something that will never end.

Jeremiah who is believed to be the writer of the book of Lamentations in the OT in the Bible says in 3:22-23 (NLT), "The faithful love of the Lord never ends! His mercies never cease. Great is his faithfulness; his mercies begin afresh each morning"

But you might say, Jeremiah doesn't know what I'm going through, he doesn't know my situations. But in verses 52-54 he says, "My enemies, whom I have never harmed, hunted me down like a bird, They threw me into a pit and dropped stones on me. The water rose over my head, and I cried out, 'This is the end!'" 

Yes he felt the way you maybe do, but he didn't stop there. He believed in God's endless love, he held on to God's faithfulness and that His mercies become fresh each morning. He didn't give in to despair and lose all hope. As the Amplified Bible puts verses 22-23 this way, "It is because of the Lord's lovingkindness that we are not consumed, because His [tender] compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great and beyond measure is Your faithfulness."

But in his pit Jeremiah did something. Verse 55 (NLT) says, "But I called on your name, Lord, from deep within the pit." You and I can do that, we need to do that.

Verses 56-58, "You heard me when I cried, 'Listen to my pleading! Hear my cry for help!' Yes, you came when I called; you told me, 'Do not fear.' Lord, you have come to my defense; you have redeemed my life." The MESSAGE says, "You brought me back alive."

Yes it may seem as we wake up this morning that it will never end and that is so true. His love will never end and this morning we can be refreshed with His faithfulness and His mercy. Yes, yes! #todasbeginning 

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