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I have 6 children between 3 and 15 years old. There are days that I have a Spirit filled love that keep me compassionate and merciful. Actually no, there are moments that I am Spirit filled, until the 3-year-old draws on the wall, the 4-year-old whines for food while holding an uneaten banana, the girls start screaming and the pre-teen and teen kick a soccer ball through the window. It is easy in those moments to start counting the wrongs, the number of broken windows, the interruptions and deal harshly with those I love the most. My love for my children is limited compared to the love God has for us. It is described as the height between the heavens and the earth, a distance that can’t be measured. We are spared from our mistakes because of the unfailing love of Christ. Even when I begin to count the wrongs in my own house, God is still merciful to me.

Question
Do you count the wrongs in your home? The little things your kids say and do? How can you remember to be compassionate and merciful?

Prayer
Lord, thank you that you are merciful and slow to get angry with me. Help me to show that some unfailing love to my family and community today. Amen.

Psalms 103:1-22

Psalm 103

Of David.

1Praise the Lord, my soul;

all my inmost being, praise his holy name.

2Praise the Lord, my soul,

and forget not all his benefits—

3who forgives all your sins

and heals all your diseases,

4who redeems your life from the pit

and crowns you with love and compassion,

5who satisfies your desires with good things

so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.

6The Lord works righteousness

and justice for all the oppressed.

7He made known his ways to Moses,

his deeds to the people of Israel:

8The Lord is compassionate and gracious,

slow to anger, abounding in love.

9He will not always accuse,

nor will he harbor his anger forever;

10he does not treat us as our sins deserve

or repay us according to our iniquities.

11For as high as the heavens are above the earth,

so great is his love for those who fear him;

12as far as the east is from the west,

so far has he removed our transgressions from us.

13As a father has compassion on his children,

so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him;

14for he knows how we are formed,

he remembers that we are dust.

15The life of mortals is like grass,

they flourish like a flower of the field;

16the wind blows over it and it is gone,

and its place remembers it no more.

17But from everlasting to everlasting

the Lord’s love is with those who fear him,

and his righteousness with their children’s children—

18with those who keep his covenant

and remember to obey his precepts.

19The Lord has established his throne in heaven,

and his kingdom rules over all.

20Praise the Lord, you his angels,

you mighty ones who do his bidding,

who obey his word.

21Praise the Lord, all his heavenly hosts,

you his servants who do his will.

22Praise the Lord, all his works

everywhere in his dominion.

Praise the Lord, my soul.

When we make mistakes – Part 2

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Psalms 103:8-11

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Psalms 103:1-22