Day 362 Bible Reading

Nehemiah 9: 17 (ESV)

“But you are a God ready to forgive, gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, and did not forsake them.”

I love this passage from Nehemiah 9. It makes me think about all the times I have not listened to God or did wrong things or have not obeyed his commandments. God has always been loving and ready to forgive me. His patience with me seems infinite and he always tells me how much he loves and is proud of me whenever I do something right. Even when I have felt forsaken by God, I’ve come to learn that God has never forsaken men. He is there to always answer my prayers and talk to me about what I have done wrong. God speaks to me with such love in his voice and understanding of who I am, what my needs are, and seems to always know why I do the things I do. There is nothing that compares to the love of God in my life. It’s something I can’t explain because there are no human words for it, and God’s love has to be experienced first hand.