Love That Never Ceases
“The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, God’s mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning, great is your faithfulness.”
--Lamentations 3: 22-23
This strong statement of faith actually comes from a lament, a human cry directed to God. Lamentations 3 is an acrostic poem that uses all the letters of the Hebrew alphabet to describe the grief, the pain, the illness and the helplessness that the writer has felt. Yet, in the middle of all the experiential “stuff” the writer issues this bold proclamation about the steadfast love of a faithful God.
These ancient words resonate in my soul. Life is not easy. The pain is more than I want to face. The inner peace I desire is either absent or hard to access. But I do have hope! We have hope! In the midst of our complicated lives, the Holy One does come to us and assures us that we are loved. We are sustained with the certainty that there is a wide, accessible mercy embracing us as we experience daily living. May your life be sustained with the statement of faith from an ancient writer.
A reading for today: Lamentations 3
Ben Keckler
02.04.08
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