The Lord is compassionate and merciful, 

slow to get angry 

and filled with unfailing love.

...

For he knows how weak we are; 

he remembers we are only dust.

Psalms 103:8,14 NLT

This song is packed full of wonderful imagery as David tries to grasp who our God is, and who we are.

We don't need reminding that in the grand scheme of the universe we are weak, small, limited...but David does remind us that our God has not forgotten that. He knows us. 

When writing these songs David didn't know about Jesus, yet he was pointing towards him, our God who entered in to life as we know it, weak, small, limited. 

He knows what it is to be human.

What we may need reminding of today is that our God is:

-compassionate 

-merciful

-slow to anger

-full of unfailing love

Are these the attributes of God that come to mind readily?

That's why they feature in this song so we will remember, especially when we're tempted to believe that our God is not these things, David invites us to sing the truth.

When we let the truth of who God is in, then it tells us something about our selves, about us. Even though we are small, weak, limited in so many ways, we are Beloved.

We are known by Unfailing Love.

We are held by Compassion.

We are redeemed by Mercy.

And it's going to be OK.

#psalms

#psalm103

#Beloved