It Is Good To Wait Quietly For The Salvation Of The Lord

I remember my affliction and my wandering, the bitterness and the gall.

I well remember them, and my soul is downcast within me.

Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope: 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 3:19-26

In the past year our congregation has grieved over wayward children, deaths of loved ones, job losses and broken relationships. We have also experienced God’s grace and we remember healed personal connections.

Reflecting over the history of trials our church family faced, much like Jeremiah remembered his “affliction” and his “wandering” we also believed “because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail.” As the prophet reassured himself of God’s past faithfulness, his words comfort us: “The Lord is good to those whose hope is in him, to the one who seeks him.”

We continue to seek Him. We know whatever we face in the years to come, we can rely on the Lord. As we continue to seek Him and support one another, we can, as did Jeremiah, find our hope being ratified by faith-building memories of God’s unchanging character and dependability.

As we look ahead to the new year,

let’s remember that God has always been and always will be faithful.

Our Daily Bread – December 31, 2017