FRANCIS Quarles, in one of his books, has beautifully written, “Lord, Thy mercies have no date.”
When you write a letter you put a date to it, which shows the day and month and year when it was written. If you know the date of a man’s birth, and the date of his death, you can take the one from the other, and then you can tell exactly how long he lived in this world. But God’s mercies “have no date.” You cannot fix a time when they began, for they are “from everlasting.” You cannot fix a time when they will end, for they are “to everlasting.” They are like God Himself, “from everlasting to everlasting.” He was a God of Love in all eternity past, and He will be a God of Love throughout all eternity to come.
Have you any share in His mercy? It is “upon them that fear Him.” Have you begun to fear Him? Are you walking in His fear? Then you may rejoice and give thanks, because “His mercy endureth forever.”
ML 03/26/1916