Poor old Jeremiah! He had such a hard task and received such a hard time. He lived and worked for God in the 6th century B.C. He was a prophet of doom, and his message was the last thing the people wanted to hear.
They turned on him, and he felt God had done the same. Lamentations 3 is hard to read. Jeremiah accuses God of lots of things. He vents! But then, in his utter brokenness he turns back to recognizing God as good.
Lamentations 3:22-27
God’s loyal love couldn’t have run out,
his merciful love couldn’t have dried up.
They’re created new every morning.
How great your faithfulness!
I’m sticking with God (I say it over and over).
He’s all I’ve got left.
God proves to be good to the man who passionately waits,
to the woman who diligently seeks.
It’s a good thing to quietly hope,
quietly hope for help from God.
It’s a good thing when you’re young
to stick it out through the hard times.
There are some powerful messages there for us, wherever we are.
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