Monday, September 27, 2004

Today’s Song of the Day is Mercies New by Nichole Nordeman. Based on Lamentations 3:22-24 and Psalm 103:11-13, it’s a nice reminder of God’s unbelievable compassion, grace, and mercy for His willful children.

Mercies New
by Nichole Nordeman

Is it fair to say I was lured away
by endless distractions and lovlier attractions then?
Or fairer still, my own free will
Is the better one to blame for this familiar mess I’ve made.

So I would understand if You were out of patience
And I would understand if I was out of chances

But Your mercies are new every morning
So let me wake with the dawn.
And when the music is through, or so it seems to be
Let me sing a new song
Old things gone…
Everyday it’s true, You make all Your mercies new

The distance left between east and west
Is how far You would go to forgive the debt I owe
And thrown into the sea the wicked ways in me
Will never have a chance to wash back on the sand

So I would understand if You would make me pay
And I would understand lying in the bed I made again.

But Your mercies are new every morning
So let me wake with the dawn.
And when the music is through, or so it seems to be
Let me sing a new song
Old things gone…
Everyday it’s true, You make all Your mercies new

Up comes the sun on everyone of us
Gone, gone, gone the guilt and shame that knew Your name

But Your mercies are new every morning
So let me wake with the dawn.
And when the music is through, or so it seems to be
Let me sing a new song
Old things gone…
Everyday it’s true, You make all Your mercies new