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Photo Credit: Great Is Thy Faithfulness, Pinterest<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBecause of the\u00a0Lord\u2019s great love\u00a0we are not consumed,\u00a0for His compassions never fail. They are new every morning;\u00a0great is Your faithfulness.\u201d<\/strong><\/em> – Lamentations 3:22-23<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Let me hear in the morning of Your steadfast love, for in You I trust. Make me know the way I should go, for to You I lift up my soul.” <\/strong><\/em>– Psalm 143:8<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“He will cover you with his pinions, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness is a shield and buckler.”<\/em><\/strong> – Psalm 91:4<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Holy Week of 2024 is finished. How glorious the annual recounting<\/a> of what happened in those days for our sakes. Jesus faithfully lived each of those momentous days – holy living, sacrificially loving, dying with Eternity in view.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So here we are on Monday – ordinary start to another week. Or is it ordinary? No. For some, it is a crawling out of bed with every bit of will we can muster, facing a hard, an unknown, a breath-taking challenge. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The phrase “Strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow”<\/strong> comes from a treasured hymn “Great Is Thy Faithfulness”<\/em> written by Thomas Chisholm<\/a>. I was reminded of this in a Caring Bridge journal entry from a dear friend whose 6 y\/o is in the throes of chemotherapy. She wrote this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Our God provides us with strength for today, and because He lives and has Risen\u2026as we [celebrated] on Easter, we can also have and expect \u201cbright hope for tomorrow.\u201d May we be faithful and believe this! May we fear not and focus more on living life for eternity and not just the circumstances that occupy our present!”<\/strong> – [Niccole, not linking journal entry for the family’s privacy]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The History of “Great Is Thy Faithfulness”<\/em> – Eric Wyse<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

So this is for you, Dear Ones. That precious one confronting a shocking cancer diagnosis, and a young mom with a newborn and her own mom struggling with diminishing health leaning on this young mom, and a husband and father dealing with a fractured family, and…you can fill in the blank (God knows).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you could use a deeper reminder of this old hymn and the Scripture-drenched truths of its message, here are the lyrics and a video<\/a> you can sing them with. For this day, meditate on God’s faithfulness, not just for the nations and generations, but for you, Dear One.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/td>\u201cGreat is Thy faithfulness,\u201d O God my Father,
There is no shadow of turning with Thee;
Thou changest not, Thy compassions, they fail not
As Thou hast been Thou forever wilt be.<\/td><\/tr>
 <\/td>\u201cGreat is Thy faithfulness!\u201d \u201cGreat is Thy faithfulness!\u201d
  Morning by morning new mercies I see;
All I have needed Thy hand hath provided\u2014
    \u201cGreat is Thy faithfulness,\u201d Lord, unto me!<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>Summer and winter, and springtime and harvest,
Sun, moon and stars in their courses above,
Join with all nature in manifold witness
To Thy great faithfulness, mercy and love.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>Pardon for sin and a peace that endureth,
Thine own dear presence to cheer and to guide;
Strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow,<\/strong>
Blessings all mine, with ten thousand beside!<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>
Lyrics written by Thomas Obediah Chisholm – shared from
Hymnal.net<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

“Strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow” is ours…in Him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Worship Wednesday \u2013 the Answer for the Sullen and Inconsolable \u2013 Great Is Thy Faithfulness<\/em> – Deb Mills<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Worship Wednesday \u2013 No Shadow of Turning \u2013 Great Is Thy Faithfulness \u2013 Austin Stone Worship<\/em> – Deb Mills<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Worship Wednesday \u2013 Gratitude Flattens Fear \u2013 Great Is Thy Faithfulness<\/em> – Deb Mills<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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