How often they disobeyed Him in the wilderness and grieved Him in the desert; but, He remembered that they were but flesh, a passing breeze that does not return. Psalm 78

My brothers and sisters in Christ, we too have been like the children of Israel, we have been disobedient, we have grieved the spirit of the Lord, our hearts have been disloyal to Him, and we have been unfaithful to His covenant. But, as Psalm 78 reminds us, He is mindful, God understand that we are but flesh, a passing breeze that does not return. Therefore, the Lord has been merciful to us; he has forgiven our iniquities and have not destroyed us. Time after time he restrained his anger and did not stir up his full wrath against us. But, my brothers and sisters in Christ, let us not put God to the test.