"Right In The Middle" 

Lamentations 3:19-25 "Remember my affliction and my wandering, the wormwood and the bitterness. Surely my soul remembers and is bowed down within me. This I recall to my mind, therefore I have hope. The Lord's lovingkindnesses indeed never cease, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning. Great is your faithfulness. The LORD is my portion, says my soul, therefore I have hope in Him. The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, to the person who seeks Him."

Right in the middle of Jeremiah's lament in the most sorrowful book of the Bible is this beautiful gem of hope. When Jeremiah lifted his thoughts from the ashes and threw open the window of his mind, he thought again about the person and character of the Lord and hope rushed in. May we remember to do the same in our hours of need. There is a lot to learn from Lamentations. Jeremiah, "the weeping prophet" is able to objectively experience and grasp both God's righteous judgment and perfect grace simultaneously. Please reread these wonderful seven verses and receive God's grace over you.

In His grace,
Pastor Fred