Read: Lamentations 1:1-3:36
Lamentations was probably written by Jeremiah. He is looking at what just happened to his city. It was once full of people and prosperous and in a moment it was desolate and destroyed. It would be like seeing New Orleans after Katrina. The people were marched away and their homes burned. Only the poor were left and no one knew what the future held. Fear was rampant and hope was gone. Even Jeremiah was devastated but then he remembered that he could have hope. God was a merciful God and his compassions don’t fail. They are new every morning and hope is still alive. God is good to them that wait for him and seek him. Weeping may endure for a night but joy comes in the morning.
This is a good thing for us to remember. We received some bad news yesterday and my heart sank and my stomach turned over but then I remembered that God really is in control and knows what is going on. Things are being shaken and we are in a huge transition but after transition comes stability and change. When God is in control change is always for the better. We were chosen to live in this generation and it is the best yet. Everything is moving toward the Lord’s return and we get to be a part of the big picture. We are being conformed into the bride!
Lord, we lift our eyes to heaven because You are our help! Your mercies are new every morning!
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