Hi everyone!
I hope you're having a good day. I know that today is not a good day for many Americans. There is no way I would be so ignorant as to not acknowledge the lives lost fourteen years ago today. No one should ignore this day, not even those who weren't born until after this attack on the United State's own soil. Today will always be a day that we remember.
I hope you're having a good day. I know that today is not a good day for many Americans. There is no way I would be so ignorant as to not acknowledge the lives lost fourteen years ago today. No one should ignore this day, not even those who weren't born until after this attack on the United State's own soil. Today will always be a day that we remember.
However I am not here to talk about 9/11. I am not here to talk about terrorists. I am not here to talk about death. I am here to talk about our living, loving God. Let me share with you a few bible verses. from Lamentations 3:
"Through the Lord’s mercies we are not consumed,
Because His compassions fail not.
23 They are new every morning;
Great is Your faithfulness.
24 “The Lord is my portion,” says my soul,
“Therefore I hope in Him!”
Because His compassions fail not.
23 They are new every morning;
Great is Your faithfulness.
24 “The Lord is my portion,” says my soul,
“Therefore I hope in Him!”
25 The Lord is good to those who wait for Him,
To the soul who seeks Him.
26 It is good that one should hope and wait quietly
For the salvation of the Lord.
27 It is good for a man to bear
The yoke in his youth."
Now let's take a little bit of a deeper look into these verses to understand what they're saying.
Starting with verse 22, we see that because of the Lord's mercies we are not consumed.
To the soul who seeks Him.
26 It is good that one should hope and wait quietly
For the salvation of the Lord.
27 It is good for a man to bear
The yoke in his youth."
Now let's take a little bit of a deeper look into these verses to understand what they're saying.
Starting with verse 22, we see that because of the Lord's mercies we are not consumed.
Mercies: compassion or forgiveness shown toward someone whom it is within one's power to punish or harm
We are not consumed because God shows us compassion, forgiveness even though He has the power to punish and harm us. Now we see that mercy is compassion.
Compassion: sympathetic pity and concern for the sufferings or misfortunes of others.
Compassion: sympathetic pity and concern for the sufferings or misfortunes of others.
God's compassions - His sympathetic pity - prevents us from facing his wrath, because His compassion for us never fails. God never fails, His compassion for us never fails, and His mercies never fail. This verse alone literally tell us that even though God has the power to punish us, He will not because His compassion (sympathetic pity, concern) for us will never fail. God's concern for us will never die.
Moving on to verse 23, we have an explanation of God's mercy and compassion. His compassion and mercy are new every morning. Even that morning you wake up and life seems to continually pinch a nerve. Even that morning that you skip church. Even that morning that you curse God for whatever reason. God's mercy and compassion never fail because they are constantly being renewed every day. Great is His faithfulness to us, though we are nowhere near deserving.
Now verse 24. This verse tells us that our souls tell us that the Lord is our portion.
Portion: a part of a whole; an amount, section, or piece of something.
Moving on to verse 23, we have an explanation of God's mercy and compassion. His compassion and mercy are new every morning. Even that morning you wake up and life seems to continually pinch a nerve. Even that morning that you skip church. Even that morning that you curse God for whatever reason. God's mercy and compassion never fail because they are constantly being renewed every day. Great is His faithfulness to us, though we are nowhere near deserving.
Now verse 24. This verse tells us that our souls tell us that the Lord is our portion.
Portion: a part of a whole; an amount, section, or piece of something.
Oh, I love this. The Lord is a part of our souls. Yes, just let that soak in. Our souls are what
we take to Heaven. The Lord is a living, breathing part of us, so therefore we shall put our hope in Him. We should put our hope in Him; not in our pastor, not in our President, not in ourselves. God is the only one that gives us a good enough reason to hope in Him. He is the one and only giver of peace and hope.
Verse 25 says that the Lord is good to those who wait for Him, and for the soul that seeks Him. Obviously something that comes along with Christanity is patience. And human nature? Not the biggest fan of patience. Of course human nature is something that Christians need to grow out of. The Lord is good to those who wait for Him - We shouldn't be impulsive and self-serving. We need to wait for the Lord to direct us and respond to us. When it says the Lord is good to the soul that seeks Him, it means that whenever we attemp to find the Lord, He is good to us. As long as we are always willing to try, God is good to us.
Now we move on to verse 26. This one is a little tricky to disect. There isn't much said here, other than that it is a good thing whenever we hope and wait quietly for God's salvation.
Verse 25 says that the Lord is good to those who wait for Him, and for the soul that seeks Him. Obviously something that comes along with Christanity is patience. And human nature? Not the biggest fan of patience. Of course human nature is something that Christians need to grow out of. The Lord is good to those who wait for Him - We shouldn't be impulsive and self-serving. We need to wait for the Lord to direct us and respond to us. When it says the Lord is good to the soul that seeks Him, it means that whenever we attemp to find the Lord, He is good to us. As long as we are always willing to try, God is good to us.
Now we move on to verse 26. This one is a little tricky to disect. There isn't much said here, other than that it is a good thing whenever we hope and wait quietly for God's salvation.
Salvation: deliverance from sin and its consequences.
Hoping and waiting quietly for something like deliverance from sin just sounds like it would be a difficult task to conquer. But the Bible says that it's a good thing whenever we hope and wait quietly. This means that we have to hope for this salvation, and our hope needs to be in God, like we saw earlier. We can't hope that our good deeds might earn us salvation from our sins - that is something many Christians get confused about. We must put our hope in the Lord.
And finally we have verse 27. This says that it is good for a man to bear the yoke in his youth. What is the "yoke"? Well we see that in Matthew 11:30 it says that," My yoke is easy and my burden is light." So it is safe to assume that in Lamentations, it is talking about the Yoke of the Lord. Now let's understand why is is good for a man to bear the yoke in his youth. To me it makes sense that it is better to bear the yoke while we are young so that we develope with Christ already in our souls. Developing Christ in older years seems to be much more difficult; you don't grow up witht the Word of God in your life and therefore do not mature with the same morals.
I hope that you all got something out of this post. These verses are quite possibly my favorite verses of all time. They help me understand that God is a loving God. He has compassion and sympathy for every sinner. These verses show us who God is and what He wants for us. It guides us, just like the Lord intended the Bible to do.
Goodnight.
Hoping and waiting quietly for something like deliverance from sin just sounds like it would be a difficult task to conquer. But the Bible says that it's a good thing whenever we hope and wait quietly. This means that we have to hope for this salvation, and our hope needs to be in God, like we saw earlier. We can't hope that our good deeds might earn us salvation from our sins - that is something many Christians get confused about. We must put our hope in the Lord.
And finally we have verse 27. This says that it is good for a man to bear the yoke in his youth. What is the "yoke"? Well we see that in Matthew 11:30 it says that," My yoke is easy and my burden is light." So it is safe to assume that in Lamentations, it is talking about the Yoke of the Lord. Now let's understand why is is good for a man to bear the yoke in his youth. To me it makes sense that it is better to bear the yoke while we are young so that we develope with Christ already in our souls. Developing Christ in older years seems to be much more difficult; you don't grow up witht the Word of God in your life and therefore do not mature with the same morals.
I hope that you all got something out of this post. These verses are quite possibly my favorite verses of all time. They help me understand that God is a loving God. He has compassion and sympathy for every sinner. These verses show us who God is and what He wants for us. It guides us, just like the Lord intended the Bible to do.
Goodnight.
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