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Our Daily Bread May 22
Take Your Tears to God / By: Amy Peterson
My eyes will flow unceasingly, without relief, until the Lord looks down from heaven and sees.
Lamentations 3:49–50

 

Today's Scripture & Insight:


Lamentations 3:49–66 (NIV):


49 My eyes will flow unceasingly,  without relief, 50 until the LORD looks down  from heaven and sees. 51 What I see brings grief to my soul  because of all the women of my city. 52 Those who were my enemies without cause  hunted me like a bird. 53 They tried to end my life in a pit  and threw stones at me; 54 the waters closed over my head,  and I thought I was about to perish. 55 I called on your name, LORD,  from the depths of the pit. 56 You heard my plea: “Do not close your ears  to my cry for relief.” 57 You came near when I called you,  and you said, “Do not fear.” 58 You, Lord, took up my case;  you redeemed my life. 59 LORD, you have seen the wrong done to me.  Uphold my cause! 60 You have seen the depth of their vengeance,  all their plots against me. 61 LORD, you have heard their insults,  all their plots against me— 62 what my enemies whisper and mutter  against me all day long. 63 Look at them! Sitting or standing,  they mock me in their songs. 64 Pay them back what they deserve, LORD,  for what their hands have done. 65 Put a veil over their hearts,  and may your curse be on them! 66 Pursue them in anger and destroy them  from under the heavens of the LORD.



Last summer, an orca named Talequah gave birth. Talequah’s pod of killer whales was endangered, and her newborn was their hope for the future. But the calf lived for less than an hour. In a show of grief that was watched by people around the world, Talequah pushed her dead calf through the cold waters of the Pacific Ocean for seventeen days before letting her go.


Sometimes believers in Jesus have a hard time knowing what to do with grief. Perhaps we fear that our sorrow might look like a lack of hope. But the Bible gives us many examples of humans crying out to God in grief. Lament and hope can both be part of a faithful response.


Lamentations is a book of five poems that express the sorrow of people who have lost their home. They’ve been hunted by enemies and were near death (3:52–54), and they weep and call on God to bring justice (v. 64). They cry out to God not because they have lost hope, but because they believe God is listening. And when they call, God does come near (v. 57).


It’s not wrong to lament the broken things in our world or in your life. God is always listening, and you can be sure that God will look down from heaven and see you.

 

Today’s Hynms:
    What A Friend We Have In Jesus


Spirit Song

 

Scripture to Respond:
Matthew 5:4 (NIV)
4 Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.
Revelation 21:4-5(NIV)
4 ‘He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death’[a] or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.” 5 He who was seated on the throne said, “I am making everything new!” Then he said, “Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.”

 

Reflection:
Have you ever grieved over the heartbreaking things in this world or your personal life? Do you believe God is always willing to listen and that God cares and listens to your cry?
How do you learn to hand over all your emotions to God?
How do you feel God’s presence in your sorrow?

 

Prayer:
Loving God, help me to remember facing the world’s grief, I can weep before You, because You have mercy and care and I will find comfort in You.

 

Wong Wai Tung
(Chief executive officer of The Great Wall Education Foundation) &
Sam Chow
(Administrative officer of The Great Wall Education Foundation)
Translated by Esther Leung


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