"His mercies never fail"

     How do you respond when you fail? What do you think about God? How do you view others? Do you blame them or seek to look at them through the eyes of grace? One song that has been going through my head these past few days focuses on the goodness and mercies of God - something I'm better realizing how constantly am in need of - is "There's a Wideness in God's Mercy," by Frederick Faber:

"There's a wideness in God's mercy,
Like the wideness of the sea.
There's a kindness in His justice,
Which is more than liberty.
There's a welcome for the sinner,
And more graces for [us all].
There is mercy with the Savior;
There is healing, there is healing in His blood.

But we make His love too narrow,
By false limits of our own.
And we magnify His strictness
With a zeal He will not own.



For the love of God is broader 
Than the measure of one's mind,
And the heart of the Eternal 
Is most wonderfully kind.
If our love were but more simple,
We could take Him at His word,
And our lives would be more loving 
In the likeness, in the likeness of our Lord.

The full text is found here: http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/t/h/e/therwide.htm 

      God has been impressing me with His grace, His forgiveness, and His love. What sweet subjects for meditation. Let Him be the source of your delight.