His Mercies, New Every Morning
The Weeping Prophet (Lamentations 3:17-31) The Lord is good to those whose hope is in him, to the one who seeks him. Lamentations 3:25 "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; it is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord. Lamentations 3:22-26 Jeremiah known often as the weeping prophet, because many times we read of his laments in the book of Lamentations On todays scripture” (Lamentations 3:17-31), he’s grieving over the city of Jerusalem, which has been overcome and captured by the Babylonians. Jerimiah is seeing a city beaten down and defeated, yet he finds hope in the faithful God whose mercies are “new every morning” (v. 23). I have found that even when I am down and depressed, I will grasp at straws to find just a gl...