For His Enduring Mercy...

A Hallelujah Hymn even if it is the last day of August which makes me kind of sad... David's hymn of praise for God's enduring mercy in  written long before Calvary,inspired today's hymn, written long after Calvary, worshiping He whose mercy is everlasting... Psalm 136:1Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever. a few on-the-ground-glimpses of His mercybefore heading back to the garden to harvest more mercy-tokens🙏💓 Zinnia-forest... Caterpillar-study... Pick of the petal-crop Wrapping piggy in pastry blankie...m-m-m! Oh! The excitement when there's a mousie in Janet's housie!!!I will leave the ending of the tale to your apt imaginationsbut it involved a trap😂 To count Thy mercies, Lord, is more than ink can summarizeYou woo the light of morn to chase night’s shadows from yon skiesWith love that never fails you keep Your promises intactHappy is the heart that avails itself of this kind factForevermore to cherishAt Calvary, upon a cross, once for all you becameSin’s final sacrifice, for all who call upon Your nameMercy for blind accusers, for hearts, hard with unbeliefMercy for the abusers of love’s brutal, blood-drenched griefMercy that spills in flowers to anoint the earth that groansBut not the Soul; the deathless Soul, whose bearing You decreeWhere mercy cannot break its Vow; but keepsBeyond the visage of all who approach the solemn goalThat each breath draws us nearer to; Whose everlasting mercy pours with comfort and appealWhose everlasting love implores with agonizing zealWhose will it is that none should die, Because He gave Himself to buy the gift of Life, to winWhere Mercy meets us where we are with love, not blow for blowHe does not curse, or nurse the scar where once we struck Him, noBut bends to bind hate’s gaping wounds with redemption unmarred/unbarredHe draws us to His bosom with Hands, gentle though nail-scarredWith everlasting mercy, God unfurls before our gazeA virgin opportunity to honor Him with praiseFor His enduring mercy in spite of oft thankless stanceFor His enduring mercy that His faithful favor grants © Janet Martin Ps,136:26Oh, give thanks to the God of heaven! For His mercy endures forever.