Photo and Commentary ©2025 by Cheryl Boardman
Monday, January 13, 2025
The photo is a sunrise picture taken from Whidbey Island. I couldn’t see the sunset from this spot because of a hill behind me.
I like these verses about how God loves us despite what we do and doesn’t treat us as our sins deserve. It says, “As far as sunrise is from sunset, he has separated us from our sins.”
God makes everything come out right; he puts victims back on their feet. He showed Moses how he went about his work, opened up his plans to all Israel. God is sheer mercy and grace; not easily angered, he’s rich in love. He doesn’t endlessly nag and scold, nor hold grudges forever. He doesn’t treat us as our sins deserve, nor pay us back in full for our wrongs. As high as heaven is over the earth, so strong is his love to those who fear him. And as far as sunrise is from sunset, he has separated us from our sins. As parents feel for their children, God feels for those who fear him. He knows us inside and out, keeps in mind that we’re made of mud. Men and women don’t live very long; like wildflowers they spring up and blossom, But a storm snuffs them out just as quickly, leaving nothing to show they were here. God’s love, though, is ever and always, eternally present to all who fear him, Making everything right for them and their children as they follow his Covenant ways and remember to do whatever he said.
Psalm 103:6-18 (The Message)