The Love of a Father

SCRIPTURE

 

Psalm 103:8-14

 

8 The Lord is compassionate and merciful,
slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love.
9 He will not constantly accuse us,
nor remain angry forever.
10 He does not punish us for all our sins;
he does not deal harshly with us, as we deserve.
11 For his unfailing love toward those who fear him
is as great as the height of the heavens above the earth.
12 He has removed our sins as far from us
as the east is from the west.

13 The Lord is like a father to his children,
tender and compassionate to those who fear him.
14 For he knows how weak we are;
he remembers we are only dust.

 

 

PRAYER

 

Lord, there a few things that inspire as much wonder and awe as the vastness of the heavens you created. And yet that endless expanse of height is a picture of something far more powerful and precious to ______, your unfailing love for her. That love moves you to mercy. You forgive her. You have thrown her sins as far away as the east is from the west. You are her tender and compassionate father. Lord, you know her weaknesses, every one, and yet love her still. I pray that you would come to her with this strong and tender love, and fill her up to overflowing. As she gazes into the sky on a clear night, may she feel overwhelmed by the vastness of your love. And may she feel with sureness that your love is indeed unfailing, no matter what. Amen.

 

 

ENCOURAGEMENT

 

No matter whose love may come and go from your life, our Lord’s love will never fail. Never. Lean on his unfailing love.