Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed,
for his compassions never fail.
They are new every morning;
great is your faithfulness.
Lamentations 3:22-23 NIV
Steadfast Love
The Canadian Armed Forces wrapped up its participation in NATO’s largest exercise in decades, Exercise STEADFAST DEFENDER 2024. The final sub-exercise under the STEADFAST DEFENDER umbrella was Exercise SPRING STORM in Estonia, which ended on May 17, 2024. Exercise STEADFAST DEFENDER 24 ran from the end of January to the end of May, with approximately 1,000 CAF members participating in various exercises across Northern, Central, and Eastern Europe. Our sailors, soldiers, aviators, and special forces members demonstrated NATO’s ability to conduct sustained, multi-domain defence operations alongside our allies over these four months.
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One of the great truths of the Bible is that God is consistent in every part of His nature. That means that when He makes a promise, you can count on that. One of the greatest blessings for those who love Jesus is that you can count on His steadfast love. The prophet Jeremiah speaks to this in one of the most beautiful promises found in the Bible. In Lamentations 3:22-23 we read, “Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.” The name of this book points to the tenor of the book – it is a lament. Jeremiah saw so much that led him to sorrow and suffering. In the midst of the day in which he lived, with the people turning away from God, and having to deal with the destruction of Jerusalem, he saw the great love of God, the depth of His compassions, which never fail. No matter what you are facing today, look to the faithful Lord Jesus, whose compassions are new every morning and which never fail.
These have been words from the heart.
Bob Beasley