Neville started our Wednesday morning Bible study listening to a beautiful
recording of #123 in our songbooks:    

The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases

His mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning

Great is Thy faithfulness. The Lord is my portion says my soul

Therefore, I will hope in Him.

What an encouraging song written from Lamentations 3:22-24.  When we look at the words, we see how powerful, loving, and merciful our God is. The first line tells us the firm and unwavering love of God is forever.  Sometimes we lose sight of time, we think 60, 80, or 100 years is a long time, but James tell us our life is just a vapor, here today and gone tomorrow. The next line tells us God’s mercy never stops!  We get wrapped up in our very busy lifestyles that we take God’s love and His mercy for granted.

I am a morning person. I love to get up early, drink my coffee, and read my Bible while the sun comes up and God’s creation comes alive, listening to the birds, seeing a squirrel or a deer in the field.  Every sunrise is a little different, but like God’s love and mercy for us they are new EVERY morning!

When Paul lists the fruits of the spirit, the first one listed is Love. David wrote in Psalms 63 “Your steadfast love is better than life.”  God’s love is eternal, steadfast, and should make us all feel secure. When we face trials and tribulations, we should feel God’s love will never let us down. God is always there and ready to bless us.

If God be for us, who can be against us? He that spared not His own son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not give us all things? Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, will be able to separate us from the love of God. Romans 8:31-32,39

Brothers and Sisters, we serve a great God! The same God who created this heaven and this earth is always there for us.  There is nothing too hard for God! (Luke 18:27) When we look in the love chapter, 1 Cor. 13, we see God’s love described there.  God’s love is patient, kind, not boastful, not easily angered, God’s love does not keep record of our wrongdoing, God’s love always protects, always trusts, always hopes, and always perseveres!  I would say, “The Steadfast Love of The Lord never Ceases!!! God is Love!