9 Those killed by the sword are better off
than those who die of hunger.
Starving, they waste away
for lack of food from the fields.
than those who die of hunger.
Starving, they waste away
for lack of food from the fields.
10 Tenderhearted women
have cooked their own children.
They have eaten them
to survive the siege. Lamentations 4:9-10
have cooked their own children.
They have eaten them
to survive the siege. Lamentations 4:9-10
Do you ever have that time in your life that it seems like things can't get any worse?
Everything seems like it is the worse it has ever been? The world, your job, marriage, finances, family or even church?
Is there a point where it is really hopeless? Today's reading paints a scene that seems hopeless. A scene that we would never want to live to see repeated.
But even in the midst of the scenario we have been reading about and in the ones we find ourselves in today there is hope. Only one hope.
21 Yet I still dare to hope
when I remember this:
when I remember this:
22 The faithful love of the Lord never ends![i]
His mercies never cease.
23 Great is his faithfulness;
his mercies begin afresh each morning.
24 I say to myself, “The Lord is my inheritance;
therefore, I will hope in him!”
His mercies never cease.
23 Great is his faithfulness;
his mercies begin afresh each morning.
24 I say to myself, “The Lord is my inheritance;
therefore, I will hope in him!”
25 The Lord is good to those who depend on him,
to those who search for him.
26 So it is good to wait quietly
for salvation from the Lord.
27 And it is good for people to submit at an early age
to the yoke of his discipline:
to those who search for him.
26 So it is good to wait quietly
for salvation from the Lord.
27 And it is good for people to submit at an early age
to the yoke of his discipline:
28 Let them sit alone in silence
beneath the Lord’s demands.
29 Let them lie face down in the dust,
for there may be hope at last.
30 Let them turn the other cheek to those who strike them
and accept the insults of their enemies.
beneath the Lord’s demands.
29 Let them lie face down in the dust,
for there may be hope at last.
30 Let them turn the other cheek to those who strike them
and accept the insults of their enemies.
31 For no one is abandoned
by the Lord forever.
32 Though he brings grief, he also shows compassion
because of the greatness of his unfailing love.
33 For he does not enjoy hurting people
or causing them sorrow. Lamentations 3:33
by the Lord forever.
32 Though he brings grief, he also shows compassion
because of the greatness of his unfailing love.
33 For he does not enjoy hurting people
or causing them sorrow. Lamentations 3:33
The good news is always there. God is here. Christ is with us. He loves us.
Today's passages:
LAMENTATIONS 2:1-4:22
Tomorrow's Passages:
| LAMENTATIONS 5:1-22 OBADIAH 1:1-21 2KINGS 25:22-26 JEREMIAH 40:7-41:18 |
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