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Daily Bread

Grieving from A to Z

The Philippine Star

Though He causes grief, yet He will show compassion.  — Lamentations 3:32

 

Jerusalem was engulfed in flames, and the prophet Jeremiah wept. His prediction of divine judgment had largely gone unheeded. Now his terrible prophecy had come to pass with horrifying vividness. The short book of Lamentations records the prophet’s grieving process over the destruction of Jerusalem.

Jeremiah organized the book around the 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet, using a technique of alphabetic acrostics to aid the reader in memorizing the passages more easily. But using this technique also shows that he didn’t cut short his grieving process. He took deliberate and intentional time to reflect upon and even to write down his heartbreak. You might say he was learning to grieve from A to Z.

In the midst of his grief, the comfort of God surfaced. Reminders of God’s sovereignty and goodness gave the prophet hope as he faced the future: “The Lord will not cast off forever. Though He causes grief, yet He will show compassion according to the multitude of His mercies” (Lam. 3:31-32).

If you’ve recently experienced a painful loss, remember to take adequate time to grieve and to reflect upon God’s goodness. Then you will be able to experience His comfort and hope for the future. — Dennis Fisher                    

 

To experience God’s comfort

While you’re suffering with grief,

Try to focus on God’s goodness,

And He’ll bring your heart relief. — Sper

                                                   

 

READ: Lamentations 3:25-33

 

God allows sorrows and tears today

to open our hearts to the joys

of tomorrow.

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COMFORT

DENNIS FISHER

GOD

GOODNESS

GRIEF

REMINDERS OF GOD

SPER

THOUGH HE

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