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\u201cWith the loving mercy of our God, a new day from heaven will shine on us.\u201d\u00a0<\/em>Luke 1:78 ERV<\/p>\n

Your Mercies are New Every Morning<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The day began almost like any other day: morning air was crisp, and the frost was still lying on the ground. We were hearing from the weather people that we would possibly be receiving some snow here on the valley floor and more in the mountains, but we have heard that before and it never amounted to much. But what if it was true?<\/p>\n

My life at times is like that\u2014worrying about this or that, but then all those things I worried and agonized over never really mounted to much most of those times. Still, I find myself tossing and turning, confused as to what God wants from me.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind. For let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways\u201d\u00a0<\/em>(James 1:6-8 NKJV).<\/p>\n

Am I moving in the right direction? Do I understand what He has for me ? Or am I just pretending to know, pretending to understand? Do I take the time to go to Him and sit at His feet and hear what He has to say?<\/p>\n

I know we need to be in the Word daily, but are we? I know that He wants us to come to Him and request anything from Him, but do we?<\/p>\n

“Ask, and it will be given to you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and the door will be opened to you.\u201d <\/em>(Matthew 7:7 CSB).<\/p>\n

I can say for myself, no! Sometimes I just don\u2019t. Praise God that He loves me anyway with all my faults and fallacies. I do know He requires obedience from me, all of me, all of the time, and because I love Him, He does have all of me. He gives me new beginnings every day, no matter what I did nor did not do yesterday. His mercies are new every day for every one of us.<\/p>\n

\u201cThrough the LORD\u2019s mercies we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness\u201d\u00a0<\/em>(Lamentations 3:22-23 NKJV).<\/p>\n

As the day drew to a close and the evening shadows fell, it got colder and the light rain turned to a light snow, then to a thicker and heavier wet snow, and by nighttime I knew the weather person was right on track. We were getting the snow they had predicted. Then as night grew still, I walked about outside where there was this quietness, so much so it was deafening. The ultra-white snow glistened on what was once grass and the trees took on this eerie, beautiful silhouette. As the snow coated the limbs, there was nothing to be heard except the beating of my heart stilled by the beauty that God had sent down from heaven. I was so in awe of His creation.<\/p>\n

Snow had shown me that just as this night was quiet, I too needed to be quiet before the most holy. I needed to hear just Him\u2014just His heart intertwining with mine so that I knew exactly what He wanted from me. It was exactly what I knew all along\u2014He only needed my obedience and to hear Him speaking. I did not need to be\u00a0worried or confused\u2014I just needed the One who already had me in the palm of His hand, Who was just waiting for me to realize I only needed to be quiet.<\/p>\n

\u201cDraw near to God, and he will draw near to you…\u201d\u00a0<\/em>(James 4:8 CSB).<\/p>\n

Father, thank You for those moments that You show us Your heart. May we hear and seek You more, listening for Your guidance.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>

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