Day 188

 Father, 

We praise You for the way You persistently chase down Your enemies to show them mercy, to adopt them into Your family, to give them a better hope than the vain idols we’re so often drawn to. In fact, Your goodness and mercy are so abundant that they frustrate us sometimes⁠—like they did with Jonah⁠—because we’re less kind and less merciful and less patient than You are. 

We’ve wanted punishment for our enemies or even just those we perceive to be enemies. We’ve held tightly to our self-righteousness. We’ve wanted our own way, and we repent. Have mercy on me, a sinner. We turn from the selfish desires of the flesh and turn to You instead⁠. 

Help us to regard You and Your ways as highest and best⁠—like the sailors and the Ninevites did. Increase our compassion. Steep us in humility, because none of those other things will take root and last if they aren’t planted in the soil of humility, so please help us to rightly view ourselves in light of who You are.  

We surrender our lives to You, Lord—every moment of our day, each decision we make, we yield our will and way to Your perfect will and way. 

We love You too. Amen.

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