New Every Morning
A poet writing long ago, amid the ruins, found that mercy did not run out overnight.
The book of Lamentations is a set of grief poems. They were written after Jerusalem fell, when the city lay in rubble and there was little left to say. In the middle of that grief comes a line that has steadied readers for centuries.
"Because of the LORD's great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness." (Lamentations 3:22-23)
Notice where it sits. Not in a season of ease, but in the worst of it. The writer does not pretend the loss away, but looks straight at it and still counts on mercy arriving with the next sunrise.
Compassion here means a steady, active care that keeps showing up. The claim is not that yesterday's supply will stretch. It is that a fresh measure comes each day, before we have earned it or asked.
If you are tired this morning, take the verse plainly. Today has its own mercy. You do not have to carry tomorrow's grief yet, and you were never asked to.
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