We're doing something a little different this week and beginning with something other than the Psalm. While the Psalm for this week is uplifting and filled with wonderful images of a God who restores our lives (more on that tomorrow), our reading today from Lamentations 3:22-33 is not. With verses like "to put one's mouth to the dust", and "be filled with insults" one might be hard-pressed to find the message of hope and God's love the passage is really trying to give us.
I'm on the first of the final 3 days of summer school. Those who follow this blog will know how challenging this experience has been for me. It's been 4 weeks of frustration that in the last week has been filled with dread more than anything else. To be honest I spent most of last night contemplating ways of not going in at all these last few days. But God has other plans, and so my thoughts were cast aside and my heart reminded me why I do what I do on a daily basis; for the youth I see and interact with daily.
So, today's lamentation, which asks us to endure through all types of hardships until the love of our God brings our soul to a safe place, is a good place to start; at least for me. I don't know what these last few days of summer school will bring, nor do I know how I or others around me will react. What I do know is that my God is with me through it all and when the time is right I'll be with my God again in a time of peace.
The second to last verse in our passage says, "[God] will have compassion according to the abundance of [God's] steadfast love." I believe this with all my being. So, yes, this might be the most challenging time in my recent history, but with God's guiding Spirit I will get through it all.
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