Devotion:
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Read Psalm 103:13-18.
The psalmist uses a father’s love for his child as an analogy for the way God loves the faithful.
One of my favorite hymns has as a first and last line “O How he loves you and me.” It’s a short yet wonderful hymn and speaks of the great overarching theme that runs through scripture of how God loves you and loves me. The Psalmist echoes that in these verses from Psalm 103. “The steadfast love of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting...” (v. 13a) and in v. 18, “His mercy continues forever; let the steadfast love of the Lord be upon us, and his mercy to us forever.” As the hymn (and the scriptures) imply, remembering God’s love is a great way to begin and to end each moment and each day. And it is a wonderful way to end this year, and to begin the coming new year. As we think about this year and ponder the next, we are quickly aware that we have no idea of what the future will hold. But we do know this - God is faithful and will keep his promises. His love and mercy and kindness go with us into this new year.
Personal Worship Option:
O how he loves you and me!
O how he loves you and me!
He gave his life,
What more could he give?
O how he loves you,
O how he loves me;
O how he loves you and me!
(composed by Kurt Kaiser)
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