New every morning

One of my favorite Christian hymns features a refrain with these lines:
"Great is thy faithfulness, O God my Father!
Morning by morning new mercies I see..."
This sentiment from the pen of Thomas O. Chisolm in the late 1800s was perhaps suggested by a passage in the Old Testament from the seldom-referenced Book of Lamentations.
"The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases,
his mercies never come to an end;
they are new every morning;
great is thy faithfulness." [Lam. 3:22]

God's mercy may too often be taken for granted by believers, but it should not be. Each new day is a gift from God, and within that gift are many others. The circumstances of our lives fluctuate from good times to rough times, from health to illness, from disappointment to achievement. Yet the person of faith knows that God's love never fails, never fluctuates, but comes fresh to us day by day. In the midst of our busy and sometimes difficult lives, we need the reminder of God's great faithfulness and mercy. Perhaps there is someone else who will need that encouragement through us today as well.