Psalm 30:5 For His anger is but for a moment, His favour is for life; Weeping may endure for a night, But joy comes in the morning.

Yes God does get angry when we continually do things wrong. Is He allowed to? Of course yes!

It is not an anger that is a reaction without thought but a righteous anger because we deserve it!

But His love and mercy continue on further and deeper than the anger and we can be sure His love will bring us more joy in the morning when we turn back to Him!

Lamentations 3:23 They are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness.

It is only because of God’s grace and mercy that we are being kept by Him today.

There is a whole lot of evilness and unpleasantness in the world today, but there is always goodness and mercy too.

We may feel like we are swamped by all the negative things all the time, but looking for the positive is always rewarding.

God has proved His faithfulness to many generations and we need to remember that and cling to it for ourselves too.

Deuteronomy 7:9 Therefore know that the Lord your God, He is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and mercy for a thousand generations with those who love Him and keep His commandments;

An idol cannot show mercy and faithfulness; but they can sit there and do absolutely nothing when you want them to!

God made promises to mankind in the beginning. God made promises to Israel. God made promises throughout history. And God keeps those promises!

We fall short, we give in, we bend the rules, we take short cuts and we still know God is willing to forgive and take us back!

A thousand generation is a very long time and this passage reminds us we are limited in time, but God is not!