Psalms 103:4

Psalms 103:4. Who redeemeth thy life from destruction;

Can you ever praise God enough for your redemption from a doom so great as to be the destruction of every hope, and of everything worth having? "Who redeemeth thy life from destruction;" -

Psalms 103:4. Who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;

There is about your head, even now, a halo of love, invisible to all but the eyes of grace and gratitude, - a bright, shining crown of lovingkindness and tender mercies. Have I not often told you that kindness is the gold of the crown, but that lovingkindness is the velvet to line the crown to make it sit softly on the brow? Mercies these are the jewels; but the tenderness of the mercies is the ermine that makes the crown such that it cannot truly be said, "Uneasy lies the head that wears this crown." No; but happy, happy, happy are all they who are thus crowned; bless the Lord if you are among them.