“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.” Lamentations 3:22-23 NIV
God’s love is great! The book of Lamentations was written during the invasion of Babylon and eventual capture and enslavement of many of the Jewish people. Even though this book is a book full of sorrow and pain, Jeremiah writes of not being consumed by the situation going on around him. Instead he is choosing to focus on God, God’s love, God’s compassion for all of us and God’s mercy.
Life is hard sometimes but I believe it is even harder for the non-believer. As a child of God, I know that God loves me, that He has compassion for what I am going through at all times and because of His mercy He is willing to give me His strength to walk through the situations of life. As we face struggles, difficult times, sorrow, we can take comfort in knowing as God’s children that His love will always sustain us. Unfortunately the non-believer does not have that same assurance.
As a non-believer faces life and life’s many challenges, there is not a comfort for them of a superior Being who is able to help them. I have friends and family who are non-believers and it is sad to watch them go through the trials of life without that deep knowledge and comfort of having Jesus to lean on, to communicate with, to rely on and to walk with them. My heart aches for them.
As a follower of Jesus, it is my privilege to tell them about Jesus, but that is not always a conversation that they want to have. I wish they would embrace God’s great love, His amazing compassion and He unending mercy for all of us. When we are able to take our eyes off of our problems, our situations, our disappointments, and focus on God, we realize that we are not alone at any time. As God’s children, as co-heirs with Jesus, we never walk through this life alone.
Our hearts break, but we are not consumed. Our God, my God, has given us and me His strength to make it through today because His mercy is new every morning. We don’t deserve it and we can’t earn it, it is a gift from God to us. Great is God’s faithfulness to us!
Dear brother in Jesus, I love how you write about Gods mercy and love to us through Jesus Christ and your compassion for your relatives is touching my fibers for I have the same experience with my unbelieving family and the ache I feel about their suffering with consolation from God, it is difficult to explain, however, may God enlighten their minds and the Holy Spirit open their eyes to know Jesus Christ, God bless you.
Hello, I am so glad to hear from you. Family is always the hardest to watch live life without God and unfortunately because we are family, we are the last people they want to hear about God from. I thank you for your prayer about my family members who do not know Christ having their minds enlightened and their eyes opened. I pray the same for your family. Have a blessed day.