New Every Morning

"When we don't get what we deserve...that's a real good thing.  

When we get what we don't deserve...that's a real good thing." ~Newsboys

MERCY and GRACE are so incredible and we get to be detectives everyday looking for evidence of them in our lives!  We are so spoiled to be living in an age where we really don't have to receive the outright punishment for our sins or any drastic consequence as is often described in the Old Testament.  We have been studying the Psalms on Monday nights with a New Tribes class and part of our study tonight was on the Imprecatory Psalms...these Psalms call out prayers for curses on enemies.  They usually follow the pattern of the writer describing the cause of the prayer, then asking for a certain curse (most of the time quite dramatic), then putting confidence in God...or giving the situation over to God.  When we read these, we consider them pretty violent, however they are all in line with Old Testament rules, orders...the seeking of justice....the writer was never "out of line" demanding even death for his enemies. 

However, we live in GRACE because of Christ and I am so grateful for that...we no longer are to pray curses on our enemies, but we bless those who persecute us.....and justice is seasoned with much mercy.  What Christ accomplished to give us GRACE was accomplished for all and is offered freely to all.  

Every morning we wake up to HIS MERCY AND HIS GRACE in our lives!  

...STUFF WE REALLY DON'T DESERVE...

We are in the BOOK OF LIFE only because HE TOOK OUR PUNISHMENT.

We often talk about awaiting a future freedom, but we really are enjoying SUCH FREEDOM already as every page gives us abundant life through HIS GRACE AND MERCY!