חֶסֶד
checed
kindness; beauty:—favor, good deed, zeal towards anyone, love, act kindly towards, to turn or incline kindness towards anyone, merciful (kindness), mercy, benevolence, (loving-) kindness; grace, favor, mercy of God towards men;
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Lamentations 3:21-26…
21 But this I call to mind,
and therefore I have hope:
22 The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases;
His mercies never come to an end;
23 they are new every morning;
great is Your faithfulness.
24 “The LORD is my portion,” says my soul,
“therefore I will hope in Him.”
25 The LORD is good to those who wait for Him,
to the soul who seeks Him.
26 It is good that one should wait quietly
for the salvation of the LORD.
His mercy is new every single morning. God wants us to know how very much He loves us every day. Upon awakening, He shows us His sunrise, His dew on the grass, His shelter over our heads, His birds singing in the Springtime trees. He wants us to know Him in all ways, each and every day, in every moment, if at all possible. He wants us to feel, sense, hear, and see Him all around us…all of the time.
We want that as well so we try to keep our hearts and eyes open all of the time. Yes, I miss His beauty when I have my head down, or His words when I have my ears and mind filled with ‘stuff’ at times, but between Kenneth and myself, we find that He is close all of the time. We remind one another too for we do not want to miss our Creator at all, if we can help it.
בֹּקֶר
boqer
dawn (as the break of day), day, early, morning, morrow, daybreak, morning light
My husband, Kenneth, continues to walk this earth as he lives with Lymphoma on hospice. We are learning each day the mercies of God. He gives Kenneth breath for each day (me too, for that matter). He gives him eyes and ears to see and hear the beauty of God’s world outside each day. He allows Kenneth to eat certain foods. He gives Kenneth strength to work in the garage in order to finish unpacking from our move here last summer and to get the garage settled for me, so that I know where things are and how to use certain tools that I may or will need. He loves getting his workshop ready for both of us now, me later.
We ponder the magnitude of our God in our quiet time. We spend as much time as possible together throughout each day. When I am not running errands, I want to be home with him. Love runs between us deeply and dearly. We feel God’s hand in our marriage, not just these two months now since the diagnosis, but for the past almost 25 years. I spend time with Kenneth in the garage learning and helping and we are enjoying that kind of time together too.
God has given us these precious days…weeks…months to share our love, take care of one another, minister to others in whole new ways, and to be together. We are more in love with each other than ever. Even sweeter is that we love the LORD in whole new and precious ways too. We are taking each day that we wake up rejoicing and thanking God…FOR TODAY!
This is the day that the LORD has made;
let us rejoice and be glad in it. Psalm 118:24
O LORD, be gracious to us; we have waited for You.
Be their strength every morning,
Our salvation also in the time of distress. Isaiah 33:2
For His anger is but for a moment,
His favor is for a lifetime;
Weeping may last for the night,
But a shout of joy comes in the morning. Psalm 30:5
“The God of Israel said,
The Rock of Israel spoke to me,
‘He who rules over men righteously,
Who rules in the fear of God,
Is as the light of the morning when the sun rises,
A morning without clouds,
When the tender grass springs out of the earth,
Through sunshine after rain.’ 2 Samuel 23:3-4
There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God,
The holy dwelling places of the Most High.
God is in the midst of her, she will not be moved;
God will help her when morning dawns. Psalm 46:4-5
But as for me, I shall sing of Your strength;
Yes, I shall joyfully sing of Your lovingkindness in the morning,
For You have been my stronghold
And a refuge in the day of my distress. Psalm 59:16
He who made the Pleiades and Orion
And changes deep darkness into morning,
Who also darkens day into night,
Who calls for the waters of the sea
And pours them out on the surface of the earth,
The LORD is His name. Amos 5:8
O satisfy us in the morning with Your lovingkindness,
That we may sing for joy and be glad all our days. Psalm 90:14
The LORD is His Name…Great is Thy Faithfulness. O Heavenly Father, Your promises are everlasting. Your love is forever. You walk with us in these hard and seemingly dark places. You bring joy to us. You rain Your mercies upon us each and every day. Hallelujah! The way much of the world thinks, Kenneth and I should be sorrowful, tearful, nervous, depressed, fearful, stressed while facing a Cancer diagnosis and a final outcome of death. I often feel guilty because I feel so at peace in You, LORD, and because I am not moping around with the “Whoa is me!” syndrome. Yet we are living in Your Peace, Father. Your Peace brings calm and quiet to our days. We feel more in love with one another than ever before, more joy-filled, eyes open to the gorgeous green of Springtime, ears alert to the chirping of birds with their nestlings or fledglings. Yes, Father, we are facing death in this household, yet there is no room for moping, for feeling sad all the time. Yes, we feel these things, but we are not living our days in them. We desire to stay near to You. We sense Your presence in our lives. You fill us with Your joy, love, and peace. Father, these are of You. You are in our house and in our lives. Thank You. We want to be close to You and feel Your Presence. How wonderful You are, LORD! How sweet is this time! I never could have imagined that walking this closely with You would bring such wonder to my heart, to my eyes and ears, to my mind and soul. Thank You. Kenneth also feels this joy, love, wonder and peace! How blessed we are. We are so very grateful, Father. In the powerful Name of Jesus, Amen.
“Dew on the Grass” photo by Wallpaper.com @ http://wallpoper.com/wallpaper/dew-on-grass-447065; Scripture added @ https://ipiccy.com by me.
Lavendar Field at Dawn @ http://eskipaper.com/nature-dawn-wallpaper.html
Daisies (Psalm 118:24) @ https://twitter.com/kayarthur/status/740532666160828416
Joy Comes in the Morning @ https://sensiblefaith.com/2013/10/07/your-joy-comes-in-the-morning-psalm-305/
Sunrise in Yosemite National Park with Merced River in foreground @ https://www.pinterest.com/pin/282530576598864422/
“Sun Rays Psalms 90:14” @ @}ARosePhotos~~
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