Dear Suzanne, Rebecca, Anna and Mikayla,
Sometimes, in this world, girls, we can become wiped out by the circumstances, grief and unrest that may surround us and seem to follow us. We become weary and tired of doing as the British do..." they carry on." Sometimes it can be difficult to put one foot in front of the other. Times like this require the big guns of the word of God. Get your Bible and go to the Servant Songs...go to some favorite Psalms or go to any portion of Scripture and sit with your Lord and memorize, pray, write and meditate on His word.
I was in just this kind of place last night....I brought my bible...not my study bible...just my bible and borrowed Anna's book light and sat with Anna and Mikayla as they slept doing just this. I wound up at the following verses in Lamentations. Just to give you an idea of what the prophet, Jeremiah's state of mind was, I have included some of the previous verses.
"I have become the ridicule of all my people— Their taunting song all the day. He has filled me with bitterness, He has made me drink wormwood. He has also broken my teeth with gravel, And covered me with ashes. You have moved my soul far from peace; I have forgotten prosperity. And I said, "My strength and my hope Have perished from the LORD." Remember my affliction and roaming, The wormwood and the gall. My soul still remembers And sinks within me. This I recall to my mind, Therefore I have hope. Through the LORD's mercies we are not consumed, Because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness. "The LORD is my portion," says my soul, "Therefore I hope in Him!" The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, To the soul who seeks Him. It is good that one should hope and wait quietly For the salvation of the LORD."
Jeremiah's was devastated when he looked at the circumstances that surrounded him. He had done his best to warn the people of God's upcoming judgment but judgment was coming and nothing could prevent it. Notice, however, that in the midst of his complaint he began to think on the Lord...he shifted his focus. He remembered God's mercy and His compassion. He saw His faithfulness reaching to the skies. He remembered that it was God who was His Portion...it was God who always sustained Him...and it was God in whom was his hope.
So often in this life we become like Jeremiah was here...overwhelmed by problems and circumstances. We become short tempered. We grieve and cry out. We rant and rave. Truly though, girls, only one thing is needed and that is to go and sit at the feet of the One who desires you, loves you and died for you. Truly the Lord's compassions fail not and His mercies are new every morning. He will be good to those who wait for Him....to the soul who seeks Him.
I went back to bed last night renewed in mind and in spirit. My body was tired this morning but my heart was remembering Him.
Love
Mom
Note to Anna...I thought of you last night memorizing so much Scripture and it reminded me of where I needed to go.
