Okay, so it’s almost 1:00 and I just realized I had not shared my Advent devotion for today. Oh, and given that fact what a timely devotion it was for me to reread.

“For the LORD your God is a merciful God; he will not abandon or destroy you or forget the covenant with your ancestors, which he confirmed to them by oath.”
Deuteronomy 4:31

I know I don’t have enough fingers and toes to count the times that I needed and wished for an ounce of mercy to cover over some foolish or thoughtless act, or word or thought of mine. Why is it so easy to screw up? The thing I want most when I mess something up is for someone to say to me, “it’s okay, I know you didn’t mean it. Let’s learn from that and move on. What’d done is done.” Really. A childish desire, I know.

So, imagine, standing before God and looking back on an entire lifetime of stuff gone wrong. Oh, there’s stuff that I got right, but I know the ledger on the “wrong” side is much, much longer. What I want is for God to say that I did my best and He understands my faults and weakness. What I want is mercy. I want for my God to grant me what I am so unworthy of…compassion and understanding, grace and mercy.