The Lord’s Love and Compassions Are New Every Morning

Lamentations 3:19-20

Isn’t it refreshing to know that “the Lord’s love and compassions are new every morning? Everything Father God does for us is done out of love. “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes and trusts in Him [as Savior] should not perish but have eternal life” (John 3:16). Right now, you may be in agony, suffering through a situation that has been ongoing for a long time. Just remember, “Weeping may endure for a night, But joy comes in the morning” (Ps. 30:5b). As we journey through this earthly realm, we – all people – will experience trouble in our lives.

In today’s verses Jeremiah is heartbroken over the fall of the city of Jerusalem and the captivity of Judah by the Babylonians. He remembered his affliction – the suffering, the hardship – and his wandering, the bitterness and the gall (v.19). He is expressing the deep pain he feels about the misery the people of Judah are experiencing due to the effects of sin. He well remembered the suffering, the homelessness, and he is grief-stricken in his soul (v.20). However, in his grief, he blamed God for having done him wrongly and even deserting him. Judah failed repeatedly to heed the warning to repent of their sins and turn back to God. We must remember that God will never leave us nor forsake us. His chastisement is good for our souls. He disciplines the one he loves and chastens everyone he accepts as his son (Heb.12:6). His love and compassions are new every morning.” 

Clap your hands and shout, “Glory to God!”