Eternal Attributes

The Lord’s acts of mercy indeed do not end, for His compassions do not fail.  They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness.  Lamentations 3:22-23  NASB Acts of mercy – This is one of those cases where we must see the Hebrew in order to understand the impact of the verse.  “Acts of mercy” just doesn’t cut it.  We…

Silence of the Lambs (7)

The Lord’s lovingkindnesses indeed never cease, for His compassions never fail.  They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness.  Lamentations 3:22-23  NASB Faithfulness – We end at the beginning.  This entire lament starts here, with a declaration of God’s faithfulness.  But that’s what makes it so strange.  Here, in the midst of a book of poems about the tragedy of…