DAILY READINGS: Numbers 22:1-38; Proverbs 19; James 3 to 4:12
Nevertheless for thy great mercies’ sake thou didst not utterly consume them, nor forsake them; for thou art a gracious and merciful God. Nehemiah 9:31
Think of how many times in Scripture grace and mercy are linked together. We need both! God in His marvellous grace reached down to where we were so that He could extend His mercy to us in forgiving our sin and making us fit for heaven. He withheld the punishment we deserved by placing that debt on His beloved Son and gave us something far better. The hymn writer has declared, “Oh the wonder of it all!” We agree! —W. H. Gustafson
Mercy there was great, and grace was free;
Pardon there was multiplied to me;
There my burdened soul found liberty, at Calvary. —D. B. Towner