hope in the darkness

Good morning brothers and sisters,
This morning's reading marks the turn from lamentation to hope. Jerusalem is in ruins and the poet knows that Judah's sin is to blame for the terrors of judgment. Still, in the midst of that horror and grief there is hope because God is faithful. God loves us and even though disasters may hide that love from us for the moment, nothing can defeat God's love.

God bless,
Sam

Lamentations 3:19-26
The thought of my affliction and my homelessness is wormwood and gall! My soul continually thinks of it and is bowed down within me.

But this I call to mind, and therefore I have hope: The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases, his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. "The LORD is my portion," says my soul, "therefore I will hope in him." The LORD is good to those who wait for him, to the soul that seeks him. It is good that one should wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD.