Read Psalms 145:8  Sometimes it is hard for us to know about God because we can’t see Him.  In our verse, King David tells us four truths about God.   David tells us first of all that God is gracious.  Someone who is gracious is someone who makes you feel like they are glad to be around you.  They look at you straight in the eyes and smile.  They listen to what you have to say and laugh when you say something that is funny.  They seem to understand you.  Then, David says that God is full of compassion.  Compassion tells us how God feels about us.  God likes us and feels sorry for us and gives us what we need.  He cares about us.  The third truth about God is that He is slow to anger.  That is a great characteristic because we do things all the time that make him angry.  We disappoint Him and do wrong things all the time.  But He is slow to get angry with us.  He is patient with us and gives us a chance to ask for forgiveness for our sins before he gets angry.  Then last of all, God has mercy upon us.  Mercy means that God does not punish us for what we have done, but He forgives us.  But more than that, our verse says that God is of great mercy.  I am sure that we mess up so much that God could really get mad at us if He wanted to.  But God is merciful and even has great mercy towards us – He forgives us over and over again.  We have a great God, don’t we!