The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.
What a great way to start the new year, with a reminder that our God is extremely merciful. If the Lord got angry with us as fast as we do with others, we would have been gone long ago. But He is wonderfully kind and gracious. And when we fail, He gives us another chance, and another, and another. May we be the same towards others who wrong us and always remember how merciful the Lord is to us.