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 himis as great as the height of the heavens above the earth.12 He has removed our sins as far from usas 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 him. That love moves you to mercy. You forgive him. You have thrown his sins as far away as the east is from the west. You are his tender and compassionate father. Lord, you know his weaknesses, every one, and yet love him still. I pray that you would come to him with this strong and tender love, and fill him up to overflowing. As he gazes into the sky on a clear night, may he feel overwhelmed by the vastness of your love. And may he 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.