Mercy Forever

I don’t know who it was that wrote the following, but I found that it illustrates a tremendous truth about God.

I used to go out in the morning to get the paper when we lived in El Paso. Our house was a good four miles from the main parade ground at Fort Bliss. On most mornings I could hear the whump, whump, whump of the thirteen-gun salute which was sounded every morning at seven o'clock. But on some mornings I could hear the sound of the drum corps as they rolled their cadences.

   However, if the morning was clear and still, as in the winter time when the air was crisp and cold, I could also hear the sound of the music of the army band, the blast of the trumpets, the wail of the clarinets, and the mellow tone of the horns.

   But on the mornings I could only hear the cannon, I knew the drum and the horns were there, whether I could hear them or not.

Life has many different sounds when it comes to our walk in this world. There are times in which it seems as though we can hear the sweet sounds of heaven in our ears- we know the presence of God and the fulfillment of walking therein. We are cradled in His mercy. Then there are times when the cannons of this world drown out that heavenly musical, and life seems to come booming down all around us.

But there is one thing to remember: when the cannons boom, the trumpet still plays. When the problems of this world drown out our communion with God, we must remember that God is not gone.

Praise the Lord, for His mercy endures forever. 2 Chronicles 20:21

That word forever means that there is not a time in which God’s mercy is not available. No matter the problems that face us, His mercy endures forever. Have you lost a job? His mercy endures forever. Have you been diagnosed with a dread disease? His mercy endures forever. Is someone close to you going to die? His mercy endures forever. Have you been raped? His mercy endures forever. Have you been caught steeling? His mercy endures forever. Have you been divorced? His mercy endures forever. Have you been cheated on? His mercy endures forever. Have you lost a child? His mercy endures forever. Have you struggled with drugs? His mercy endures forever. No matter how load the cannons boom, His mercy is always there.

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