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July 17, 2020 8:00 pm
I can never recapture the splendor that was our daughter Melissa. Fading from my memory are those wonderful times when we watched her joyfully playing high school volleyball. And it’s sometimes hard to remember the shy smile of contentment that crossed her face when we were doing family activities. Her death at age seventeen dropped a curtain on the joy of her presence.
In the book of Lamentations, Jeremiah’s words show he understood that the heart can be punctured. “My splendor is gone,” he said, “and all that I had hoped from the Lord” (3:18). His situation was far different from yours and mine. He had preached God’s judgment, and he saw Jerusalem defeated. The splendor was gone because he felt defeated (v. 12), isolated (v. 14), and abandoned by God (vv. 15–20).
But that’s not the end of his story. Light shined through. Jeremiah, burdened and broken, stammered out “I have hope” (v. 21)—hope that comes from realizing that “because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed” (v. 22). And here is just what we need to remember when the splendor is gone: God’s “compassions never fail. They are new every morning” (vv. 22–23).
Even in our darkest days, God’s great faithfulness shines through.
Welcome to today's devotional reading from Our Daily Bread. Today's encouragement is titled when the splendors God. It was written by Dave Brandon can never recapture the splendor that was our daughter Melissa fading from my memory are those wonderful times we watched her joyfully playing high school volleyball and it sometimes hard to remember the shy smile of contentment that crossed her face when we were doing family activities or death at age 17.
Drop the curtain on the joy of her presence in the book of Lamentations. Jeremiah's words show he understood that the heart can be punctured by splendors gone. He said, and all that I'd hoped from the Lord's situation was far different from yours and mine. He had preached God's judgment and he saw Jerusalem defeated, the splendor was gone because he felt defeated, isolated and abandoned by God. But that's not the end of his story like shine through Jeremiah burdened and broken stammered out.
I have hope. Hope that comes from realizing that because of the Lord's great love we are not consumed here is just what we need to remember when the splendor is gone. God's compassions never fail.
They are new every morning, even in our darkest days. God's great faithfulness, shines through today's Our Daily Bread devotional Scripture reading is from Lamentations chapter 3 verses 13 through 24. He pierced my heart with arrows from his quiver. I became the laughing stock of all my people.
They mock me in song all day long is filled me with bitter herbs and given the gall to drink is broken my teeth with gravel is trampled me in the dust. I've been deprived of peace. I have forgotten what prosperity is. So I say my splendors gone and all that I had hoped from the Lord. I remember my affliction and my wandering the bitterness in the gall. I will remember them and my soul is downcast within me. Yet this I called her mind and therefore I have hope because of the Lord's great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail.
They are new every morning great is your faithfulness. I say to myself, the Lord is my portion.
Therefore, I will wait for him.
Let's pray thank you father you are the God of compassion, even while we walk through the valley of darkness morning will follow as we remember your compassion and your faithfulness. We lift up those who are hurting to you today and pray that they would find their peace and hope restored and you it's in Jesus name we pray. Amen on today's encouragement was provided by Our Daily Bread ministries
