Mercies Anew Daily

Thoughts for the Day, April 30, 2020

Yesterday, Frances shared this beautiful poem with me. It is full of many truths about starting our day with God. Our  recent spring mornings are filled with His glorious creation found in the beauty of life. The multitude of  colorful birds greet the rising sun. The air is crisp, inviting the presence of a new day—a new start with new opportunities. It is a clean slate. It feels as if yesterday’s mistakes are erased and forgotten. 

These verses from Lamentations remind us  of God’s rare and abounding compassion offered anew each day “Your mercies are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.” Lamentations 3: 22-23. The final lines of this lovely poem express what the author learned and is now sharing  with us—His secret—for he is sharing a mystery with us—a revelation…that starting the morning with God ensures His presence all day long!

I Met God In The Morning  

I met God in the morning When my day was at its best, And His Presence came like sunrise Like a glory in my breast. All day long the Presence lingered, All day long He stayed with me, And we sailed in perfect calmness O'er a very troubled sea. Other ships were blown and battered, Other ships were sore distressed, But the winds that seemed to drive them Brought to us a peace and rest. Then I thought of other mornings, With a keen remorse of mind, When I, too, had loosed the moorings With the Presence left behind. So I think I know the secret, Learned from many a troubled way; You must seek Him in the morning If you want Him through the day. Ralph Cushman