2/24/2023 0 Comments Remember that you are dust![]() ![]() ![]() Your goodness to me far outstrips anything I could ever imagine or deserve. Thank you for being tender and compassionate to me, for understanding my weakness. Indeed, you are my Heavenly Father, the one I call “Father” through your Son. PRAYER: How I thank you, dear Lord, for being like a father to me. QUESTIONS FOR FURTHER REFLECTION: How have you experienced God’s tenderness and compassion? When you think of God as your Heavenly Father, what thoughts or images come to mind? So, even as we acknowledge our limitations, our frailty, and our sin, we celebrate the fact that God understands who we are, and that he has come in Christ to do what we could never do on our own. And, indeed, the Father loves us so much that he sent his only Son to bear our sin and open us up to the way of wholeness. Rather, he looks upon us like a father with his own children. God’s love for us means that he does not abandon us in our limitations and sins. Knowing our weakness and dustiness, God is tender and compassionate. For he knows how weak we are he remembers we are only dust” (103:13-14). Then Psalm 103 adds, “The LORD is like a father to his children, tender and compassionate to those who fear him. His love for us is great and his forgiveness broad (103:11-12). God does not deal harshly with us, though we are sinners (103:10). He is “compassionate and merciful, slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love” (103:8). ![]() He gives justice to the oppressed (103:6). He fills our lives with good things (103:5). He forgives all my sins and heals all my diseases (103:3). This psalm celebrates God’s multifaceted goodness to us. Psalm 103 underscores our weakness, our limitations, our “dustiness,” but with good news. For he knows how weak we are he remembers we are only dust. The LORD is like a father to his children, tender and compassionate to those who fear him. Learning From the Psalms How to Pray Through Your Work.Beyond Rank and Power: What Philemon Tells Us About Leadership.Evangelism - Sharing the Gospel at Work.10 Key Points About Work in the Bible Every Christian Should Know.Best of Daily Reflections: The Lord Remembers We Are Only Dust | Daily Reflection | Theology of Work Bootstrap ![]()
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