We are not abandoned
Lamentations 3:19-25 (MSG) But there’s one other thing I remember,
and remembering, I keep a grip on hope:
22-24 GOD’s loyal love couldn’t have run out,
his merciful love couldn’t have dried up.
They’re created new every morning.
How great your faithfulness!
I’m sticking with GOD (I say it over and over).
He’s all I’ve got left.
25-27 GOD proves to be good to the man who passionately waits,
to the woman who diligently seeks.
I love being at home, but during this ice storm which began Jan 23, the frozen snow lingering today, Feb 3, even I am ready for a break. Both front and back yards appear to be covered in snow, but they are in fact solid ice. My husband has shoveled patches in the driveway hoping tires will grab hold of solid ground. Looking around one might feel abandoned as we huddle in our homes awaiting above freezing temperatures. But as Christ followers we are convinced that we are never alone, regardless of the circumstances.
Jeremiah the weeping prophet was sickened by the destruction of Jerusalem, yet he knew, understood and believed that God would never abandon His people. He remembered that God’s mercies were new every morning. This morning, I find myself singing that wonderful hymn by Thomas Chisolm, “Great is thy Faithfulness.”
- Great is Thy faithfulness, O God my Father;
There is no shadow of turning with Thee;
Thou changest not, Thy compassions, they fail not;
As Thou hast been Thou forever wilt be. - Summer and winter and springtime and harvest,
Sun, moon, and stars in their courses above
Join with all nature in manifold witness
To Thy great faithfulness, mercy, and love.
May we cling to the God of our salvation who is ever faithful, knowing that we are not alone but His mercies truly are new every morning.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen
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