Lamentations 3-5
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Lamentations chapters 1 and 2 as well as chapters 4 and 5 are all
filled with such sadness and despair.
All of the 22 verses from each chapter (these were structured poems)
painted the picture of just how terrible things had gotten. But in the middle of this book, in
chapter 3, are hidden some of the most incredible verses of hope.
Chapter 3 verse 19 says:
“I remember my affliction and my
wandering, the bitterness and the gall.
I well remember them, and my soul is
downcast within me.
Yet this I call to mind and therefore I
have hope:”
Here it is!
Verses 22-25:
“Because of the Lord’s great love we are
not consumed for His compassions never fail.
They are new every morning; great is your
faithfulness.
I say to myself, ‘The Lord is my portion;
therefore I will wait for Him.’
The Lord is good to those whose hope is
in Him, to the one who seeks Him”
And then verses 32-33:
“Though He brings grief, He will show
compassion, so great is His unfailing love.
For He does not willingly bring
affliction or grief to the children of men.”
He doesn’t want us to experience afflictions and grief, but He
also knows what is best and that grief is sometimes a part of that. But when we grieve, because He loves us
so much, He shows compassion.
Just spend a little time today dwelling on each part of these
verses of hope in the midst of darkness.
Because of His great love – We. Are. Not. Consumed! For His compassions Never fail! His
mercies are new every morning – Great is Your Faithfulness!
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