Sunrise in Rockies Photo by Dee Kamp
Fresh
Every Morning
I
stepped out onto our deck and felt the fresh cool breeze of the morning. The
days had been unusually dry and hot. Oh how we love things fresh every day, I
thought to myself. In this season of the
year one can expect fresh. But to find fresh in a dry and hard place in one’s personal
life can come at a most unexpected place and time from God.
“…There is one ray of hope: his compassion
never ends.
It
is only the Lord’s mercies that have kept us from complete destruction.
Great
is his faithfulness; his loving kindness begins afresh each day…
I
will hope in him.”
Lamentations
3:21-24 TLB.
I
smiled remembering that one unforgettable day nearly twenty years ago when God
changed me forever with the promise of fresh.
It was just days after my son had died a
sudden and unexpected death. I had to get out of the house to breathe; too much
had happened too fast for me. So I
called out to my faithful dog Rosie and led her for her favorite walk down our
little country road.
I
wept so hard I could barely see through my tears and finally I simply slumped
to my knees right in the middle of the dusty road.
That’s
when God met me right there in my greatest despair. I heard in my heart a choir
singing the old sweet hymn, Great is His
Faithfulness. I felt in the company of angels! Not a line or two did I
hear, but to my amazement the whole thing, verse after verse. I could hardly breathe;
I was very still and didn’t move as I listened and soaked up each word. Oh how
it soothed my aching heart.
To
this day I still don’t understand it; I had never memorized all those verses.
After
a time, I was able to stand back up. I dusted myself off and said out loud in
great wonder, “Lord, do you mean your compassion is new, fresh every day?”
The
thought of God’s compassion fresh every day, that I could depend on Him for
strength to face the future, astounded me. Had I been wondering in my heart that
I was the one who had to keep going on in my own strength? I felt so abandoned
until this moment. A fresh thought, a fresh new and unexpected promise had just
been give to me at that moment and it changed everything for me in an instant—I
had hope.
I knew
then God would never abandon me-ever. He
understood my heart and sadness like no one could. This side of heaven, who but
our Mighty God can possibly endure and understand one’s deep, deep sorrow?
One
song, one Scripture gave me fresh strength for each day. It was a pivotal point
in my life. I would never be the same
for the sorrow I endured, but I would be forever changed by God’s love and
faithfulness— fresh every morning
“Fresh Every Morning” by Dee Kamp, Grace Every
Morning Ministries© July 26, 2013
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