“O my God, lean down and listen to me. Open your eyes and see our despair … We make this plea, not because we deserve help, but because of your mercy.” (Daniel 9:18, NLT)
“We think that God will smile on our efforts.
He doesn’t.
God’s smile is not for the healthy hiker who boasts that he made the journey alone. It is, instead, for the crippled leper who begs God for a back on which to ride.”
(from Grace For The Moment, by Max Lucado, page 319)
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Oh, not because we deserve anything, but because of his mercy…
What a powerful claim upon the loving heart of God.
Oh, that prayer from Daniel . . . such humility and brokenness, and it’s so beautiful to our merciful Lord. What an example!