“Nevertheless, in Your great compassion You did not make an end of them or forsake them, For You are a gracious and compassionate God.
Nehemiah 9:13
God is gracious. He is gracious to His people. God extends mercy to those who do deserve it the least and extends pity and empathy to those who are far from Him. The Lord withholds what we truly deserve (punishment, separation, judgment) and gives us what we cannot merit (relationship with God).
God is gracious in the good times. His love and compassion are abundant when His blessings flow. Seeing the grace of God when the sun shines is an easy task indeed.
God is gracious in the difficult times. His mercy is great and new every morning. (Lamentations 3:22-23) The faithfulness of the Lord is unmatched. He is gracious when the storm clouds gather and when the rains fall.
The God of the universe is gracious at all times. We cannot earn His grace and we don’t ever come to a state of deserving God’s Love. Through Christ Jesus, the Lord is gracious and forgives, saves, restores, and secures those who trust in Him for evermore.
God, is, gracious!
Tony French
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