New mercies.  I remember a particularly challenging week for me several years ago.  Every day I awoke, I met with a new set of challenging circumstances and pressures.  Honestly, I was getting worn out, feeling winded at the end of every day as I tried to face the next challenge. And, well, in full transparency, I felt like God had forgotten where I was – that I was hurting. 

One morning, I walked into our bathroom and saw that John had used my lipstick to write part of a Bible verse on our bathroom mirror – “His mercies are new every morning.”  At that moment, I cried – sobbed would be more accurate, for the Word of God had spoken mightily to my weary heart.  It was good that I was alone at that moment – just me and God because it really wasn’t a pretty sight.  

Had I had been praying and reading my Bible like my parents taught me do to?  Yes, I had.  I had actually prayed and read a lot, yet I had failed to trust that my God would actually provide new mercies for me.  How could He if I thought He’d forgotten where I was?  Instead, I lived as if the next day would be yet another cloud-filled day and that I’d once again be without an umbrella.  

Every day can bring challenges to our lives, and though others may conclude the problems are small, they’re big to us – and real – very real.  If we approach our challenges in our human strength, we can soon forget that His mercies are there for us.  And unlike our emotional and mental stamina, His compassions never run out. Ever.  

Bible messages on the bathroom mirror are a blessing, aren’t they?  

New mercies.  Every morning.  Just waiting for us to embrace.