Your Goodness and Mercy endures forever.

 Your Goodness and Mercy Endures Forever

A Reflection on Psalm 136:1-3 and Psalm 23:6

Your goodness and mercy endure forever—not for a season, not for a day,

But through every generation, along every winding way.

When morning paints the heavens and evening claims the west,

Your goodness and mercy are the pillows where my soul finds rest.

Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good. His love endures forever. (Psalm 136:1)

Goodness—not a paycheck for the good I've done,

But the sun that rises daily on the evil and the one

Who seeks Your face. It is the rain that falls on just and unjust ground.

Your goodness is the air I breathe, the mercy I have found.

Mercy—not getting what I deserve, a pardon I don't earn.

It is the second chance, the fresh start, the lesson I must learn.

When I stumble, mercy lifts me; when I fall, it helps me stand.

Mercy is the nail‑scarred hand reaching out to hold my hand.

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life. (Psalm 23:6)

They endure—not waxing, not diminishing with time,

Not fading when my own devotion fails to climb.

For God's goodness is not contingent on my spotless score,

And His mercy is not measured by what I did before.

So I will not fear tomorrow, for Your goodness goes before.

Your mercy is my rear guard; I am safe forevermore.

Your goodness and mercy endure forever—this I know.

Let the hallelujahs rise, let my grateful spirit grow.

Amen.