| by Rick Warren |
“Yet hope returns when I remember this one thing: The Lord's unfailing
love and mercy still continue, fresh as the morning, as sure as the sunrise.
The Lord is all I have, and so in him I put my hope.” (Lamentations 3:21-24
GNT)
Pain is a natural part of life. You
can’t escape it. Broken relationships, missed opportunities, and rough seasons
of life will always be with us. When they do come, you can either become bitter
or hopeful.
The choice is yours.
Jeremiah faced the same choice. When
his world came apart after Jerusalem was sacked in 586 B.C., the prophet wrote
the book of Lamentations to share his honest frustrations with God. But he
didn’t settle in his bitterness and stay there.
In Lamentations 3:21-24, after
sharing his bitter feelings, he wrote, “Yet hope returns when I remember this
one thing: The Lord's unfailing love and mercy still continue, fresh as the
morning, as sure as the sunrise. The Lord is all I have, and so in him I put my
hope” (GNT).
