I've always loved the promise in Lamentations 3:23 that God's mercies are new every morning. Most mornings I am keenly aware of how desperately I need new mercy.
This past Sunday, as I was driving to the church on New Years Day, I thought of that passage and the idea struck me that if God has new mercy for each day, perhaps He has the same for each year. Perhaps the mercy He provides at the start of a new year is proportional, like the difference in the scope of a day verses a year. I have nothing to back up the theory, but the thought was comforting to me! Last year was a tough one. Don't get me wrong, lots of good things happened in 2016, but in many ways it was as tough a year as I've faced in a long, long time. I'm believing that 2017 has arrived with new mercies.
Another one of my favorite verses is Psalm 145:9, which says that mercy is over all the works of God's hands. I am trusting that the new mercies God has provided for this new year will move His hand to work on our behalf in ways we can't imagine!
Happy new year! And happy new mercies!
