hmmm. it sounds like we're all mainly going through a dry spot right now and well, sometimes i feel very burdened as a leader that i must encourage those who serve with me and build them up and stuff and i'm really thankful that today, i actually have something to say that's constructive and not meandering and all.
as those who went to church last sun should know, we all got this devotional book for lent and usually, i don't keep to these things coz i have my own way of doing devotion but coz the book looks so nice, i decided i will try to use it. it's think enough to leave in your bag and read on the bus and stuff. so anyway, i accidentally read the devotion for the second day yesterday but it really encouraged me and gave me hope coz it was mainly about God's compassion and somehow, i sensed that i should read lamentations and so i did and here's the part that i pray will lift your spirits too:
21 Yet this I call to mind
and therefore I have hope:
22 Because of the LORD's great love we are not consumed,
for his compassions never fail.
23 They are new every morning;
great is your faithfulness.
24 I say to myself, "The LORD is my portion;
therefore I will wait for him."
25 The LORD is good to those whose hope is in him,
to the one who seeks him;
26 it is good to wait quietly
for the salvation of the LORD.
by the Lord forever.
32 Though he brings grief, he will show compassion,
so great is his unfailing love.
33 For he does not willingly bring affliction
or grief to the children of men.
and let us return to the LORD.
41 Let us lift up our hearts and our hands
to God in heaven, and say:
42 "We have sinned and rebelled
and you have not forgiven.
43 "You have covered yourself with anger and pursued us;
you have slain without pity.
44 You have covered yourself with a cloud
so that no prayer can get through.
55 I called on your name, O 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."
just take some time to ponder this passage and ya, claim His promise that His compassion NEVER fails and His mercies are new every morning. that's what i wanna cling to.
ok. i can't rem the other thing i wanted to say. haha :P
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