The Old Testament Book of Lamentations is a national poem of grief
over the fall of Jerusalem. In the middle of this book of destruction
and defeat...the wall has been torn down, the temple destroyed, their
leaders killed or carried off as slaves... in the middle of all this
is Lamentations 3:22-23 "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. " Who can come-up with a line like that
in the midst of what appears to be total defeat and destruction?
"...his compassions never fail. They are new every morning..." Look
around Jeremiah. It's over, everything is gone. Who can come-up with
a line like that? People with confidence in something greater than
what is trying to destroy them. People like us.
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