Have you ever been whitewater rafting? I have. The best ride is when the river flows, the raft free-sails, and every moment is pure excitement. It's amazing! However, the worst is when the river's water-level is low, the raft doesn't free-sail, and every moment becomes laborious. It's awful. I remember experiencing the latter once. Some friends and I got stuck on seemingly every single rock in the river and never enjoyed the ride itself. The difference between an amazing and an awful rifting experience was due to the river's flow.
God's mercies are like a river - a river that never runs low and never ceases to flow. If we ever find ourselves stuck on life's rocks, it is not because God's mercies are running low or have stopped flowing. Instead, it is because we have chosen to live in another flow other than God's mercies. Outside of God's mercies, we become consumed with life's struggles; we become stuck and unable to move forward. However, when we accept and receive God's mercies, we are never consumed with grief or despair but convinced that today will inevitably be better than yesterday. God's mercies give us hope and keep us moving forward.
Today let us not be consumed with life's hardships. Let us instead allow the mercies of God to flow freely in our lives, and experience what life in Christ should always be like, which is amazing!
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