The Lord is compassionate
and gracious,
Slow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness.
Slow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness.
Psalm
103:8 New American Standard
Bible (NASB)
This verse is
describing God’s character, Who He is. He is
compassionate and gracious. Compassion and grace are part of His very nature,
and He cannot be otherwise. This means that He is slow to anger. He doesn’t
have a hot temper, or fly off the handle. He is not unjust in His anger. It also
means that He abounds in lovingkindness. Lovingkindness is a complicated word,
and difficult to translate fully from the Hebrew, but it brings connotations of
mercy, love, kindness, and favor. God abounds in those qualities. He expresses
them abundantly, more than we need or deserve. When you feel the weight of sin
or the grief of suffering, remember it won’t last forever. Your God abundantly,
lavishly shows mercy, love, kindness and favor to those who love Him. You may
not always feel it, but it is always true. Cling to that truth and let it see
you to the fulfillment of it.
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