1 Peter 5:7 - "Casting all your care upon him, for he careth for you." What an amazing truth The Lord our God and heavenly Father, the eternal, almighty God of heaven and earth, truly cares for us who are His own dear children. Indeed, He cares for us with the gentleness of tender love and with the multitude of tender mercies. As sinners before Him, we are not worthy of such tender love and of such tender mercies. Rather, as sinners we are worthy only to receive the outpouring of His fierce and fiery wrath against us. Yet out of the overflowing abundance of His goodness and grace, the Lord our God and heavenly Father pours out the multitude of His tender love, mercies, compassions, and care upon us. Oh, how this truth concerning the tender mercies of our Lord ought to fill our hearts with spiritual confidence, courage, and comfort. Herein we may find the spiritual confidence to set our whole-hearted trust and hope upon our loving, tender Lord. Herein we may find the spiritual courage to continue without fainting in the service of our loving, tender Lord. Herein we may find the spiritual comfort to rise up with fullness of joy in the fellowship of our loving, tender Lord. Who is a God like unto the Lord our God, who de-lights in showing mercy unto His own? (Micah 7:18) He is our loving Lord. He is "the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort." (2 Corinthians 1:3) He is the good Shepherd of His sheep. In gentleness and tenderness, He leads us in the right way. Even when He must lead us for our spiritual good "through the valley of the shadow of death," He will provide us with the spiritual courage of His loving presence and with the spiritual comfort of His tender mercies. (Psalm 23:4) Surely His goodness and mercy shall follow us all the days of our lives. (Psalm 23:6) Dear reader, it is my earnest prayer that you may indeed find spiritual confidence, courage, and comfort through the message of this small book. It is my prayer that the Lord may use the message of this book to direct the focus of your heart upon Himself. For the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus our Lord, Abiding in Christ, and Christ in us, Pastor Scott Markle